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MASS., ae FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1955. Worthington Proud Of Medical Facilities Now Available To H ill Towners tae | || i Re Lyceum known asas building known s building WORTHINCTON—The ee . Pe Hall—f ee ee eee now the Lyceum Hall—formerly the Worthington Elementary School—is of this hill town to serve their people the for people the by run organization Health Assn.a non-profit > : uington art of the building was first leased by the association in 1950, when plans for the clinic were > lirst first made. year made. This s year, : . ildi to lease entire building toA the Health Center for 99 years An extensive program of expansion and renovation was eas the e entir cently, and the completed work will be on yiew Sunday from 3 to 6 when the association holds open house. _ RR “her to closé her géfieral practice est{4 5and Support . for reasons of health, the compart of F the home of g “ Bei ae ea votex Skee o ae ant EaS or manifested dhe town tow the were ihe To "contre ith" justly secommnenna Open House Sunday: Afternoon _| misliv'wss Worthington the serious situation. The townspeo- yyation "of the town « poxtion of Lee To Show Renovated, Expanded toon'the'serviees (of ns." Pot from teh Health C ea — t 1 enter To I Area By LOIS ASHE BROWN olk s leaned urgent need in the town. then s for more roy H. Rida, Fayette R. Stevens, and Dr. Lawrence N. Durgin. Dr. Leighton A. Kneller, physiDr. director; medical and cian E. Richard Post, optometrist; Dr, Kramer, William Florence L. es ) comprise t medical } service Mrs. Bates then brought before the people the idea of a health center, a project that had been the staff of the Ate many pa individuals and Health Association th heavily WORTHINGTON—The Worthington Health Assn. on Buffington Hill Rd. will bold an open house on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. to in the mind of Dr. Snook before show to its members and to the public the results of its latest renova- she had been obliged to give up The formation of The Worthington Health Assn. is a her practice. tion and expansion program, such a health center was urged hill this of people the for people the by run non-profit organization physicians, also by twe interim It was born in 1950 in re- Dr. Zimdahl and Dr. Perkins. town area to serve their medical needs. No action was taken, however, sponse to a grave need and has grown and prospered since under exin meeting pert leadership and much volunteer help together with a responsive until at a citizens’committee ‘con1950, a and enthusiastic membership. It is supported wholly by member- February sisting of Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Josships and gifts. eph Sena, Henry Cheetham, Carl Present officers of the association are: Carl S. Joslyn, president; Leslie L. Porter, vice pres-| ident; Clarence A. G. Pease, secretary, and Merwin F. Packard, treasurer. Directors in addition to Joseph Mrs. are: officers the Sena. Mrs. Florence L. Bates, Le- the ina fia meal be Wek ge Tne ee ahceachaciN ple 6 on : eeceros -‘ all 70 < leasing ae. GoeMibeeon Ce a fe : mentary School and was ideally Jocated for such a health center. on, rapid that moment From strides were made. Atty. Walter L. Stevens had been consulted and with his legal guidance, the Worthington incorporated ganization Jaws and on came known Health was Assn. Health oras a nonprofit under Massachusetts Sept. 29, 1950, it beas the Worthington Association, Inc. In the beginning Dr. Eaton E. Freeman of Florence came as the phvsician in charge, holding office hours at the Health Center /three days a week and being on eal’ at all times, but continuing Dr. in Florence. |his residence S. Joslyn, Leroy H. Rida, Clarence A. G. Pease, Fayette R. SteMr. and Mrs. DeWitt C. Mark- vens and Merwin F. Packard was adjoins the appointed to investigate the poshome /ham, whose a resident | Health Center property, will open sibility of obtaining tea will be doctor and to report at a future i#arold where home, ‘their A. Stone, much beloved open to the his meeting. By September 1950, that retired dentist, volunteered to visitors served . committee, after visiting other services for the care of the teeth | house at the Health Center rural communities, had some- of the school children free of thing definite to report and rec- |charge, with the children paying History of Association | only for association the uealth For some years. prior to 1948, ommend. The committee had satisfied it- |materials used —— meaning only been had Snook P. Mary ‘Dr. inter- about 25 cents per operation for| ' Worthington’s resident physician self that enough financial | Center. ‘ ees and : but when it became necessary for js dentist, R.N., Bates, -each : child. Ec �The challenge posed by the loss [room was in too close proximity the steadily growing services. seemed that At burden of that the Upon ment point, Freeman’s assign- The and tal fund chase capital an operating is used fund fund. to pur- improvenecessary finance to ments in the Health Center. The into this fund is paid all income from: membership dues, sale of drugs, and doctor’s rentals. Equipment—Much of the furni- meant given rapidly real that growing challenge the running prac- since townspeople ture it did % directors by initial various Center and equipment was individuals Out of the P-™. what people venetian her a i blinds—is to enable the public to see one small town the medical in its area. has done to needs of the ; and capital fund a Ritter dental x-ray machine was purchased to replace an older model and a combination fluoroscope and x-ray mMa- = chine was also bought. An old byt adequate storeroom was converted into an x-ray room at{ Assn. decided that the moderate expense. | thing to do was the best ; The already cramped labora- careful of Health hardest thing every * and Health organizations. not have a doctor who felt that the medical needs of the people in the Worthington area had first claim on his time. After the and drapes and Meet equipment additional tices made it impossible for them to give as much time to local practice as had Dr. Freeman, hence the association was faced a an August operating fund is used to meet the month-by-month expenses of with plant to replace be installed in Centex by supported is Assn. Health. Rogers agreed to continue his of‘fice hours at the Health Center, /together with Dr. Donald Sprecker, also of Northampton, and Dr. Russell Christopher of Hinsdale, their heating membership dues and gifts. Mon- 2°W complete and in order for for scheduled éy held by the association is di- the open house Nov. 6, from 3 to 6 vided into two categories: a capi- Sunday, by two carried to active military duty, Dr. but impera- became it that a central old an and Space _ heater ap- = scheduling calls, telephone Stov e. All this work-—beregs pointments for patients, cleaning | initiative, Dr.. Donald of Northampton was and joined the staff of Dr. _n addition, of| “ve equipment to Dr. on entirely by one) Thanks the Health 1952, laboratory for 2nd supplies. — answering | Should besides nurse Center to | capacity the in them office Health the serving needed un early this year and including up after the doctor’s visits and seeing that the Health Center is fresh paint throughout, floor coyjeting of asphalt tile, a new desk kept in an orderly condition, Worthington | 4nd chair for the doctor, new Finances — The work should be shared doctors instead of being Freeman's B. Rogers introduced assist doc-| the a doctor's tors by employed been has She of the work. ly in all phases as it for Mrs. Florence L. Bates had been ‘Considerable discomfort to the light working tireless-, Patient; and additional space was a guiding i i Span a demand it impossi- a As Dr. Freeman’s practice in -~Worthington expanded appreciably, he increased his office hours, a step amply justified by making SA yy Wednesday. of cases Ta Late in 1951, a need for an optometrist was felt, and Dr. E. Richard Post of Amherst joined _the staff of the Health Center, holding office hours every other types with ble for the doctor and nurse to a baby daughter, Cynthia Leigh, |} move freely around the examinail was in readiness for them. ing table; the x-ray room was so Through all the vicissitudes of small that pictures of fracture the Worthington Health Assn.,'cases could not be taken without| a dentist. Ay a anata for htm need consideration, the the Worthington a the to the doctors office to allow | complete privacy during consulta| tions; the examining room was too small for the proper examination and treatment of certain ne ing se sanitaieslbeiosimincn | a rasan pa eit, to Dr. Stone’s work Dt ™n addition for the children, Dr. Robert J. of Dr. Freeman had been success: Golonka, Dr Frecerick S. Foster, |fully met. Thereupon, the direcboth of Adams; Dr. Bernard | tors put forth considerable effort Auge of Dalton, and now Dr. to find for Dr. and Mrs. Kneller William Cramer ot Amherst have| a suitably located house for their held office hours at the Health residence sc that when they arCenter one day a week, thus fill-| rived the following Sept. 1 to do—namely, to make \tory was made to “extend” itself| possible effort to obtain the to accomn.odate the necessary to enlist the services |developing tank and to provide| of |the dark room required for x-ray| arate decided et services of a resident physician. As a provisional measure, it was physicians located in nearby | film work. More cupboards were| areas: who were willing to come | built and various nooks and cor-| here on a part-time basis and | ners yielded additional space as. while this plan was notably suc- jit was needed. cessful, it was at best only a/| Four used hospital beds were temporary arrangement. )procured fror. the Springfield Every possible effort was made, {Municipal }Moved into Hospital when its new quarters New Jersey and PennsylThe administrative head of /each hospital was jand residents on asked to give | copies of the letter to all interns jexpected | following ' Replies ‘ing in to finish June. were and _the many not were his staff training long the in com: numerous. able candidates who Of consid- ered, the choice finally narrowed j}down to one who it was felt really wanted to practice in a rural community and would give /medical service of the high qual- ‘ity to which they had been accustomed. The man in question |was Dr. Leightor A. Kneller of ‘Worcester City Hospital, right here in Massachusetts. | Early in February 1954, the directors invited Dr. Kneller to become resident physician and | medical director of the Health Center and he accepted the invi- tation. Se, = sernmsticeatamsintesitphdamistis hinting tr the modest sum of $25 and they are available to people in the | Worthington area at the nominal charge of a dollar a month. A | Steel filing cabinet with lock and | key was purchased for the safe| Keeping of patients’ histories and negatives. * | At the * * annual meeting this' program was the work al| aiaasidinitieeicttil peay | year, an expansion jary 1954, 1,000 copies of a letter {outlined telling of ‘telling what Worthington had to |ready accomplished ‘offer were sent to hospitals jmaining tc be done throughout New Engiand, New \the facilities of the York, yania. it for and that rein order that Health Center imight be more than doubled. The directors had asked the town of Worthington for a long-term lease on the entire Lyceum building and at a special town meet: ing, it was voted that the selectmen be authorized to lease to the Worthington Health Assn. the entire premises known as the Lyceum building ~for a period of 99 years. This move gave the health association legal authori- ty to proceed with plans, The directors its expansion were confronted with such problems as these as) they planned for the needed ex- | pansion: the hall and doorways through which stretcher cases had to be carried were too narrow for a level clearance so that’ the stretcher up-ended to had get the examining to be tilted the patient room; or into the waiting niin eon accordingly, to get in touch with a doctor who would be willing to come here to live. First attempts were discouraging. The directors were told, and were soon convineced, that the man they were jlooking for was “one in a thou|sand.” Jf they were to find him, |it would be necessary to canvass ‘at least a thousand of the young , doctors who were about to finish ‘their medical training. | Plans were made and in Janu- WORTHINGTON—A combination fluoroscope and X-ray chine was purchased recently by the association and placed converted old storeroom in Lyceum Hall. The center also chased a Ritter dental X-ray machine. A developing tank dark room were installed in the building's main a purand �WORTHINGTON—Miss Florence L. Bates, R. N., one of the guiding lights behind the organization of the association, works in several capacities at the home. In addition to her duties as office nurse for the doctors, she serves as a sort of secretary—answering telephone calls, scheduling appointments and seeing that the center is kept in orderly fashion. A’ dentist’s chair stands next to the examination table pictured. Visiting dentists have weekly office hours to take care of local needs. WORTHINGTON—Resident physician and director of the health center is Dr. Leighton A. interviewing Mrs, Harold I. Brown, Gazette correspondent, who is a “patient” for the of this picture. Dr. Kneller, his wife and daughter came to Worthington in 1954, A Worcester, he was selected from many interns who answered 1.000 copies of a letter sent tals throughout had to offer. New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, telling what Kneller, purposes native of to hospi- the town �1 Gifts Presented. To Medical Center; Reception 200 At | WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON Years’ Service Town Again Pays Tribute | To Its Nurse, Mrs. Bates Worthington, Nov. 7—Tribute'continued to combine private Was paid to Mrs. Harry L. Bates, nursing with public health nursFlorence ing. former R. N., the Barry, on the occasion of her Born in North Abington, Mrs. Bates went to Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, to train and following graduation, in 1917, stayed on as a_ supervisor for two years. As a student nurse, she had dreamed of making her career jn executive it seemed nursing and} that she would fulfill! that desire when ed to what she was then was attract- a very new| field—industrial nursing. In 1917, she went to work the Prophylactic Brush Co. Florence for in} as a health and welfare nurse and during the next 10 years, became interested and active in the New England Industrial Nurses’ Association, becoming zation treasurer and rising of in that it to organi- serve} }/as president for two years. Lucky Friday Tt was after 10 years at the Prophylactic Brush Co, that she accepted the position as rural public health nurse for the Amer# ican Red Cross which was the heginning of her life in Worthings ey ton. MRS. HARRY L, BATES Twenty-five years ago, when Mrs. Bates came to town, she 25th anniversary as a nurse in hired the jovial and popular Tom this town during an open house Mahoney, late of Florence, to Party of the Worthington Health truck her belongings. It was aj Center Sunday afternoon. raw rainy day, Mrs. Bates reGiven Purse, Scroll calls, and as she and Tom sat In behalf of the townspeople, eating lunch in the chilly kitchen Mrs. Clarence L. Carey present- of the parsonage, he said, ‘'You ed, Mrs. Bates a purse and scroll know, Miss Barry, not one womjin appreciation of her years of an in a thousand would move up oe and duty in Worthing- here today.’ on, Twenty-five years ago, Florence Barry came to’ Worthington as rural public health nurse for the American Red Cross to cov- er the towns of Goshen, Plainfield, Cummington, Chesterfield and Worthington. _ Miss Barry rented the Congre- “Now why is that, Tom?’ she asked. Tom replied, ‘‘Friday, you) know—always bad luck to move on Friday!” Looking back over the years, Mrs. Bates feels that her moving to Worthington has been good fortune all the way. In 1950, Mrs. Bates realized the fulfillment of one 6f her fondest desires in the founding of the Worthington Health Association. Tt was she who had aroused the townspeople to the need for such a medical center and she has labored tirelessly ever since in its gational parsonage which was then temporarily vacant because the minister had married a_local woman and nioved to her home. For 14 months during the depression, Miss Barry did Red Cross nursing. Then the Town of Worthington decided to subsidize her as town nurse and she turned cause, Two years ago, Mrs. Bates was the parsonage into a nursing home which she operated until presented a shiny, black Plym1936 when she became the wife outh sedan by a group of local /of Harry L. Bates of this town. folks in appreciation of her de- Shortly after her marriage, she votion to the health needs of the closed her nursing home, took community. The tribute paid Sunthree patients with her and day is further indication of the moved to Mr. Bates’ home on affection held for her by resiBuffington Hill Rd., where she ‘dents of town. | Mrs. Harry Bates, Nurse Honored On Anniversary Mrs. Harry L. Bates, RN, the former Florence Berry of Florence, was honored Sunday afternoon at the open house party at the Worthington Health Center on the occasion of her 25th anniversary aS a nurse in. this town. Mrs. Clarence L. Carey presented Mrs. Bates with a purse and a scroll in recognition and appreciation of her years of devoted service to the people of Worthington. Florence Berry, RN, came to Worthington 25 years ago as rural public health nurse for the November and as Mrs. Bates and Tom sat eating their lunch in the chilly kitchen of the parsonage, he said, “You know, Miss Berry, not one woman in a_ thousand would move up here today.” “Now, why is that, Tom?” she asked, and Tom replied, “Friday, you know—always bad luck to move on Friday!” As Mrs. Bates looked back over the years since she came to Worthington, she feels that on the contrary, it has been good fortune for her all the Way. One of Mrs. Bates’ fondest Red Cross to serve the dreams was realized in 1950 in Cummington, Plainfield, | the founding of the Worthington Chesterfield and Wor- Health Assn. for it was she who She rented the Congrearoused the townspeople to the parsonage which hap- need for such a health service be vacant because the and she has worked tirelessly in minister had married a local lady | its cause. and moved to. her home. Miss| Mrs. Bates was presented with Berry did Red Cross nursing for a shiny sedan two years ago by 14 months; then the town of a group of local folks in appreWorthington voted to subsidize ciation of her untiring devotion her as town nurse and she turned to the health needs of the comthe parsonage into a_ nursing! munity and the tribute paid to Bates during the open home which she operated until| Mrs. house party at the Health Center 1936 when she became the wife further is. of Harry L. Bates of this town. | on Sunday afternoon testimony of the affection held | Shortly after her marriage, she Worof people for her by the closed her nursing home and thington. taking three patients with her, American towns of Goshen, thington. gational pened to she moved to Mr. Bates’ home on Buffington Hill Rd. and continued to combine private nursing with public health nursing, Mrs. Bates was born in North WORTHINGTON — More 200 attended the open Sunday afternoon at the of Center than house held the Health Worthington Abington and came to Cooley} Health Assn. on Buffington Hill Dickinson Hospital to train for a Rd. President Carl S. Joslyn and nursing career. Following ~ her) Vice Presidnet Leslie L. Porter | graduation in the class of 1917,)} of Cummington greeted the visishe remained at the hospital as a) tors and were assisted by Mrs. Mrs. R. N., and supervisor for two years. In} John: Stevens, ‘1913 she went to work for the Lewis White, R. N. both of Cum: as guides. Prophylactic Brush Co. in Flor-| mington, who acted ence as a health and welfare! Mrs. Leighton A. Kneller was in ‘nurse, nursing During the then field the ten being of industrial} charge very new. |} of the guest book. Special gifts to the Health Cen- fol-) ter for the occasion included $580 a interested and| given by a group of friends; years that lowed, she became active in the New England Industrial Nurses’ Assn., becoming treasurer of -that organization modern desk for the doctor's office given by Dr. E. Richard Post, Amherst; of staff optometrist 'and-rising in it to serve as its two Governor Bradford Windsor president for two_ years. doctor’s office the for chairs After ten years in the employ given by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence jof the Prophylactic Brush Co., A. G. Pease; a guest book for the she accepted the position as ru-| waiting room given by Dr. and ral public health nurse for the | Mrs. Leighton A. Kneller; and American Red Cross which was| the redecoration of the waiting the beginning of her life in Wor- lroom, a gift by Dr. and Mrs. thington. This change marked the. end of her life as an industrial nurse and the a career in public | ing. When Mrs. Bates beginning of health nurs- came to town | 25 years ago, she hired the popu- lar and jovial Tom Mahoney, , late of Florence, to move her belongings. It was a bleak day in Lawrence L. Durgin. During the afternoon, Mrs. Harry L. Bates, staff nurse, was presented with a purse and a scroll in recognition and = appreciation of her 25 years of service to this community. Mrs. Clarence L. Carey made the presentation. Tea was served throughout the afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt C. Markham, which adjoins the Health Center property. Mrs. Carl S, Joslyn and Mrs. Leslie L. Porter, wives of the president and vica president respectively, poured and Mrs. Markham was assisted in serving by Mrs. George Tor- rey, Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood, and Mrs. Philip Gurney of Cumming: ton. eRe 25 �OCTOBER 15, 1955 Historic Papers Presented To Deerfield Academy Among Deerfield, Oct. 14 — Deerfield Academy has announced the re-| cent gift of a group of historic] 1 WORTHINGTON ee President, stationary of the Supreme Court to Dean Robbins Newport, POR R. I., eek, 7 a ea signed James ADeeD. ee ee K.! ee ofDevine, the Cathedral of St. John the|P@tionality of the May ship 29, Docile1841,o: signed W. H, Taft New Bedford, 5. docu-|the and Johnson, The ship orders of Hoppet mane signed of Thomas evens ———— 455 oe MISS | FAY Worthington, |been received Worthington, NEIL spending , the summers of her the Corners by Mr. and At the fine old much Mrs. presently Jay owned) C. Gangel.| turn of the century, this} hoiie was the scene of | entertaining, Some of Miss} Neil's contemporaries well member the parties there, 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 illness was remarkable. |, She leaves several nieces and | iephews. j | Herbert 76, Tower, L. of signed Daniel John Tyler, Webster, President, secretary and of Church leaves his Mabel ter; and two brothers, Cullen B and Walter, Tower of Agawam of Worthington. The funeral will be held at the} | Dickinson-Streeter funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 1. Dr David BE. Weinland will officiate.| Burial will be in North Cemetery, | Worthington. The family wall receive friends at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. ode sant Re eS arch Raa Auch to Jones, Today’s Chuckle the both of Spring« plot Burial will be at North in Cemetery. Experience: What you have left when ROTC everything else is gone. Units at UM in Review the EDWARD JONES RITES Worthington, Nov. 21—Funeral services for Edward Jones, who ‘died early Sunday morning at | Cooley Dickinson ‘Hospital in | Northampton, will be held at | First Congregational Church at ‘2 on Tuesday with Rev. Allen \Gates of Chesterfield officiating ‘and Arthur G. Capen at the or-| 'gan. Bearers will be Merwin F. |Packard, Eben L. Shaw, John T. Ames and Arthur H. Pomeroy with burial to be in the Jones} ‘family plot in the North Ceme-; tery. | F. Allen Keith, ZJr., and Mrs. both of Springfield; four grandchildren and a great-granddaughTower married | whom with Tower, (Sawyer) 50th weda ‘celebrated he in 1954; two anniversary ding daughters, Mrs, Ralph C. Kerley, H. the winter. WORTHINGTON tik [9K 4 its Men’s wife he and no Yo ub Club, Hampden Lodge of Masons, was past patron of Adelphi Chapter, Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Advisory Board ' of the Rainbow. He was 1894 family of Faith Congreand In ficiating. 72 Before his retirement 11 years ago Mr, Tower had been an auditor 38 years for Massachusetts He! Mutual Life Insurance Co. a member 16. The orders of command nationality of the ship Crisis of New York signed James Monroe, President, and John Quincy Adams, secretary of state, 1821. 17. The appointment, of John Hatterscheidt as consul of the U. S. at Moscow dated July 26, 1861, signed Abraham Lincoln, President. field. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at tiie First Congregationa] Church with Rev. Allen Gates of Chesterfield of- and Cynthia (Allen) Tower, and had lived in Springfield 56 years. gational to spend in, Arthur Sorrento. St., died at his home Monday afternoon. He was born in Worthington, son of Henry L. was Chesterfield former Miss Julia Griffin of Holyoke. They went to live in the house at the Corners where Mr. Jones has lived for more than 60 years. It was in this house that Mr. and Mrs, Jones conducted a boarding house for a number of years. One child born to them died at birth and Mrs, Jones died in November of 1931. Mr, Jones is remembered as an ardent baseball player in his youth. He leaves a niece, Mrs. Eliza beth (Mann) Higgins and a cous rethe Herbert U . Tole Long an Auditor 20—Edward Mr. Jones was born in the town of Washington, the only child of Ira D, and Sophronie (Tucker) Jones,\ and came as a small boy with his parents to live on the farm presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Fowler. earlicr years at the home of her| grandparents, the late Mr. and} Mrs. Dwight Stone in the house! at Nov, Jones, 85, died early Sunday morning at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, where he had been a patient for the past few days. He recently left his home in this town and gone to the Hampshire Hills House in Nov. $—Word has of the death of| | Miss Fay Neil, 83, in a nursing) |home in Columbus, O., on Oct. 130. Miss Neil was the last one of seven children and had come to) Worthington for 80 summers,| fee Andrew ments that will be on exhibition Jefferson, President, July 11,|S!te10. A letter from John Hay) are the following: 1801 : | Pennsyl-| dated July, 1869. in land to deed A 6. of} IV Henry 1. a letter from letters, documents, and _ signatures to the Hilson Gallery. These} France—1553-1610 : .|vania sold by William Penn and} 11. A letter of command to 2. a letter from Louis XIV of! signed by same, dated March 16,;James Hunt sailing the ship original documents were presented by Mrs. Howard C. Robbins of} France to his cousin dated 10-1683) 1681 Betsy from New Haven to JaFriary I Hill, Heath. They are ; 3. The appointment of Wingate Wook: diploma of the Society of| maica, signed 1801, John Adams, important and very interesting|Hayes as attorney for the dis- Cincinnati to Thomas Doyle,! President, \John Marshall, secre-| pieces of history and will be of|trict of Rhode Island, signed An- Esq., signed George Washington,! tary of state. real help in bringing the past| drew Johnson, January 15, 1866, Presifent, 1785. 12. A letter from Goethe, signed) alive for the students of the! President of U.S. Also a ticket} 8. The appointment of Edwin Weimar, June 14, 1802. school. of admission to the Impeachment Wiibur as Collector of Customs, 13. An autographed photo of| Grover Cleveland, Dec. 31, 1897. 14. A quartermaster order of) Jan. 1, 1813, signed Andrew Jackson, major general. 15. A letter to the sheriff of Newport County, R. I, signed Stephen Hopkins, governor, Dec. EDWARD JONES 12, 1758. ani | these papers of lea ib RE The Armor and Air Force ROTC units of the University of Massachusetfs staged their annual fall review yesterday with more than 1000 cadets participating in the colorful ceremony. New ranks and duty assignments were announced and the group above is having new epaulets pinned on by Miss Jacqueline Bourbonnais, right, of Granby, candidate for honorary cadet colonel. Left to right are: Warren C, Packard, Worthington, major; Mark W. Rand, Northampton, major; Wesley I. Mowry, Northampton, colonel, and Miss Bourbonnais. �bones “Most of the fellows are average guys, who work in industrial plants, own their own homes and drive to work,’’ he said. ‘‘They don’t mind driving back and forth to Pittsfield. The big event around here about now is the an- “DECEMBER 18, 1955 ook Noteb Reporter's By FRANK B, MURRAY nual Like the horse and buggy, the old country store, with its cracker! | barrel and pot-bellied stove, evidently has become a thing of the'| past in Western Massachusetts. Yet, like the old general stores, the modern markets are still the nerve center of small towns. | Up in Worthington, for example, At one time clerks served custhere is a store that dates back tomers from behind. _ ancient to Civil War days but it nowy wooden counters, and it Was con-| bears only a faint resemblance to sidered a minor crime if a shoplits original form. per went behind the counter to. pick out what was wanted. Mr. Postmaster Merwin F. Packard, who operated the store for 28 Packard put a stop to that. He years before turning it over to the threw out the counters and now, present owners—his son, Cullen except for the meat department, the store is now a self-service Packard, and Charles Eddy—recalls the vast changes that took basis. Shoppers just walk in, get of those little carts and place not only in the physical ap- one pearance of the store but in mer- choose whatever they want, directly from the shelves. chandising methods. When he first took over, about 30 years ago, the store carried a complete line of horse blankets, harness, Jiniment and other such items, but as the years rolled on and the automobile replaced the horse in transportation and farm work, the demand for such equipment naturally declined, to the point where Mr. Packard stopped selling it altogether. ae * * The store is now equippéd with a modern electrical system. Originally it was lighted by kerosene Jamps. Formerly there were no means of refrigeration, so the store carried no fresh meats or vegetables, Mr. Packard eventually installed a generator system which provided electric lights. Today residents of Worthington can not only get fresh meats at the store but frozen foods also. The store once was heated by the traditional pot-bellied stove, but this presented a the stove would protested, Now the have to go. The but the womenfolk stove don’t store always * has had just about noon, * * ‘the General Assembly. Later he and Maj. Selah Barnard of Deere | 'field became sole proprietors. The ‘colonel donated 1200 acres of aj when housewives came in to shop and pick up their mail and news- papers. The school children just like those in the city, stream in after schoo] hours for candy and soda. Another rush shortly after 5, when Rod Elsie V. Bartlett; Col. John Worthington and four others bought the township in 1762 from Today the store is still the nerve center of the town. Cullen Packard said that the busiest is of the You ought to come * a common meeting ground for the townspeople, Because it was located on the stage coach route from Boston to Albany, it had what is believed to be the first post office in the hill towns. period dinner Club. ‘The town of Worthington is historically connected with Springfield, According to a handbook compiled in recent years by vital role in the town’s history, as develops workers land and induced settlers to come to Worthington by erecting a church and grist mill. In honor of Col. Worthington’s contribu- ‘tions, the town him, field was named after Worthington St. in Springis also named for him. The wame booklet reveals other interesting facts about the town. Lafayette, enroute from Albany to Boston to take part in the laying of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill Monument, spent the night in Noah Pearce’s tavern at Worthington Corners in 1825, One native son who tired of his menial job of shoemaker in Clark and Bardwell’s tannery, tore off his apron one day and said he was out for better things. He was Gideon Lee, who went to New] York City, developed a flourish-!' ing leather business, became mayor of the City of New York): and ended up with a fortune of $300,000. from the General Electric plant in Pittsfield stop to buy someAnother native son, Russell H.!~ thing or to see what’s new about Conwell, founded Temple Unitown. | versity and the Good Samaritan During the deer hunting season, Hospital. the store served ing problem.| Rod Ali the men in the village would gather around this stove to ‘‘chew the rag.”’ As a result, the women didn’t care to go there for shopping. They avoided the place. Mrs. Packard finally decided that ‘Imen ‘}went. The * venison and Gun up.” station & Gun as a deer check- for the Club. Worthington The first kill reported was a spike-horned buck, shot by Winnie Donovan, boy. ‘ a school The town can hoast of having a general as a native son, too. He was James Clay Rice, who was appointed a general by President Lincoln after the Bat- But the store also serves anoth-| tle of Gettysburg. er vital role in the is the town’s When someone the store. fire has a community. alarm It} Still center. ‘rose fire, he calls Either Mr, Packard the another native son who to fame in our times was late Elisha H. Brewster, ap- or} pointed judge of the Federal Dis- Mr. Eddy will in turn place calls 'trict Court in Boston by President to a few key men, such as Fire | Harding in 1922 and who served % me % Chief Ken Osgood, who in turn until his retirement in 1942. Probably the only reminder of, will alert the rest of the 40 volunSo you can see why the resithe past is the old-fashioned cof- Niteers and then head for the fire dents of Worthington take such fee grinder, which is still in use. station where two modern trucks pride in their town and its history. There still are some kerosene await action. They dont get many Jamp chimneys in stock, but Mr. calls, but when they do it can |Eddy says that about the only mean a hot barn fire, or just a {hesitate to enter the store. demand nearby for these summer comes camps. from _| Aside from these old touches, *|the store is just as modern as any city market and probably offers a wider selection of goods. Besides food, you can find a good hardware department, clothing, a wide selection of top-grade paint, sporting equipment small toyland. and even a telephone pole ablaze in a remote corner of the * town. x * Mr. Packard said that the town was once peopled by many wealthy ané persons a look from around out of town the pleasant community will reveal some beautiful homes. Now, according to Mr. Packard, the town has changed somewhat. FH. BURR,80 DIES: CLERK, TREASURER IN WORTHINGTON Office Holder 46 Years Planned to Run Again Next Month Worthington, Dec. 31—Franklin H, Burr, 80, town clerk and treasurer of Worthington for the past 46 years and a candidate for re- election, next month, died sudden-| ly at today due to his home on Glidden at.1.15.p. m, Death a heart condition. dropped dead in his pitching hay. Second of Five Mr, 1875, born Rd.1 was He barn while Sons Burr was born Dec, 21, the second of five sons) to (Crosier) Clement F. Burr. He and Ella died at E.| the same home in which he was born, He-had lived on Glidden Rd. throughout his life with the exception of 12 years when he operated a store in the center of Worthington, The Burr family is one of the oldest and best known ington and had al land grants Mr, Burr was well Academy later emy attended in married G, in Worth- one of the originin the town. educated at Con- Williston Acad- in Worthington Easthampton, in May, Streeter of 1903, Adams, He and was to Susan who died in 1907. On Sept. 25, 1909, he was married to Helen M. Gilmore of Springfield, who survives him, There are two children by the second marriage, Franklin G, and Mrs, Mary Burr Hitchcock, both of Worthington, He also leaves four brothers, Roy C. of Oxford, N, Y., Joseph A. of Huntington,| Dr, Walter G. of Blandford and} Frederick H. of Westhampton, and four grandchildren. Farmer, Store Owner Mr. Burr was a farmer all his life except for the 12 years that he had a store, He was also insurance agent and funeral rector for several years. an! di- He was first elected town clerk and treasurer in 1909 and held the office continuously until his death, He also served as tax collector for two years. He was a charter member of Worthington Grange, No. 90, Royal Arcanum, Town Clerk’s Association, Town Treasurers’ Association, Worthington Historical Society, and was president of the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library: Association for 28 years, The funeral will be held Monday at 2.30 at First Congregational Church, Rev. Robert O. Barber will officiate. Burial will be in the Burr lot in Center Ceme tery, The Bisbee funeral home in Chesterfield is in charge of ar- rangements. | �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955. Story, Pillars Added To Boridsone Worthington Home i j i | a Originally this handsome, _ pillared, three-story house on Buffington Hill Rd. in Worthington vas a simple two-story structure without columns. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt C. Markham, the present owners and occupants, live in a house with two Early American top fioors — replete with wide boards and hand wrought hardware —- and a Victorian first floor because her ancestors wanted wall space for hanging _ portraits and a mirror The pillars aunt — the were added by her late Mrs P¥% S. Hea- Presbyterian minister N. Y., purchased the in Buffalo, two-story starkness ‘house after his death to be near for a re- her sister, the late Mrs. Adele the house Hewitt. as Mrs. Including the Markham’s son, a_ child | DeWitt of Haddonfield, N. J., and articles, many of which were collected by his children, who spend summers her grandparents when they in his old home: there have been lived and traveled abroad. seven generations of Mrs. MarkGrandmother Mrs. Grosvenor ham’s family living in the tiny Heeroelk, whaeea hucshond was a _ hill town. cock — to relieve the of the facade. Except cently purchased lamp, is furnished exactly Markham knew it as with choice ancestral This portrait of Mrs, Mark- Grandmother , Heacock ham’s wall| the since has hung here space became available with the| The building of the first floor. pewter coffee pot belonged to a great grandmother, Mrs. Markham doesn’t know of the twin pots ER aes entire room is rR with | his| church and history volumes, one| of which dates to 1635! } An antique cradle — now a hallway book repository — has | served four generations bies, starting with Mrs. ham’s mother, and origin by the Markhams’ which have been in this exact | Dorothy Potter. spot as long as she can remem.ber. The cherub tiles: above the fireplace were purchased in Italy by Dr. Heacock. The walls of an the a are lined was of ba: | Mark-| last used | children.—-By | \ �AGES Wits fh Gf BES Cast for Senior Play Will Entertain Christmas Day ae Alfred H. Chapins to Have Family Together There will be a large family gathering at the home of Mr., and Mrs. Alfred H. Chapin of Longhill St., on Christmas Day. Present will be Mr. and Mrs. Neil Chapin of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Chapin and children, Sandy, Scott and Dale, of Longmeadow, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Chapin, Jr. and Kay Chapin, all; of New York City, Edward Whit-| ing Chapin, a student at the Uni-} versity of Pennsylvania. Also Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Mot-) rill of Great Barrington, Joseph Morrill, Jr., of Middlesex School, Miss Joan Morrill of Cincinnati, O., Edward Broges of Schenectady, N. Y., Miss Florence D. Chapin of Cambridge and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chapin and chil- dren, field. Candace and Clare Milnes and James Drumgeol. early in The play will be offered December, Jan. 20 — Rev. will preach on “Winter and eternity’ at the 11 o’clock service in First Congregational Church Sunday. Miss Hilda Landa will lead the junior worship service in the Sunday School also at 11. The Hylanders basketball team will play at 3 p. #The m. a on Junior team in Sunday. Crusaders Blandford iH of First ‘Congregational Church will sponsor a program in Town Hall Sunday at 7.30 when Dr. and Mrs. Harold A. Stone will show colored slides of their European trip. >Dr. Newcomb Honored “~ “ At the recent annual meeting of the historic First Congregational Church of Kittery Point, Me., Rev. Edward H. Newcomb of this town was unanimously elected pastor emeritus. Mr. Newcomb served for 15 years in this parish prior to his retire|ment in 1947, Rev. and Mrs. Newcomb, who recently celebrated their 63d wedding anniversary, make their home with their son‘in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955 Tea O. Barber Mabel C, Sweet of Chris- tian Hollow has resigned from the GOP Town Committee after serving on it for nearly 30 years. During much of that time, she served as committee chairman} and has attended all but one state convention and was vicechairman of the state convention / Attend Recent Worthington, Robert iMrs. W. W. Rausch on anne |ton Hill Rd. —< Worthington Grange ‘will meet Tuesday at 8 in Town Hall when a program will be presented by the Graces. ‘The program also will include a food sale. Among those in the cast of “Time Out for Ginger,” annual play of the senior class at Greenfield High School, are these students, shown left to right: Judy Bartlett, Jennet Roberts, Polly Piper, Dana of Suf- WORTHINGTON once. at AIC Local Girl Joins WACs Miss Jane Davis, who joined the Women’s Army Corps, has arrived at Fort McClellan, Ala., for her basic training. Miss Dajvis, who graduated from Smith |Schoo] of Northampton in 1954, ‘made her_home with Mrs. Ward aa eee oe Se Arnold in Christian Hollow for the past year has been ployed in Sprinefield. Elementary education students at American International College recently sponsored a tea for instructors with whom tkey worked this fall during practice teaching and the supervising principal of each senool. Shows above, attending the tea, are left to academic dean at AIC; Miss O’Malley, principal of the Dorman right: Dr. and Morris Albert S. Anthony, School; Miss Esther Roy, principal of the Talmadge School; Miss Mary O. Pottenger, retired principal and former head of the elementary education department at AIC; Francis Lohan, princi pal at Sixteen Acres School; and Miss Helen O’Connell, Frederick Harris School principal. Miss Marion L, Bartlett, Memorial School principal, is pouring. eta na and em- �MISS BARTLETT TO RETIRE FROM for & SCHOOL SYSTEM, Memorial Building Principal to End 42Year Career Miss Marion L, Bartlett, 195 bo Retiring ‘Memorial School Principal prin-j cipal of Memorial School, an-| nounced yesterday te Supt, Wil-! liam J, Sanders she will retire at the close of the school year. She has been connected with the} Springfield public school system! for 42 years as a teacher and principal. Miss Bartlett plans to return to her home in Worthington. “Tt will be with a deep sense of personal loss that I shall see Miss Bartlett leave the public school system,” said Dr. Sanders. “I have been mueh impressed ever since coming to Springfield with the magnificient spirit found in the schools she has headed.” Dr. Sanders praised Miss Bartlett particularly for her ‘‘very able work’’ in organizing the new Memorial School. ‘‘Each room in the school reflects her for- ward looking and dynamic leadership,”” he commented. Miss Bartlett, a native of graduating after Worthington, State Teachers Westfield from in teacher a became College remembers She Montgomery. she had nine pupils in the school “‘taught about 11 grades.’ and She received $9 a week. Miss Bartlett next taught at}, East Freetown, near New Bed-| ford, for a year. “Two of us wanted to try our wings,’’ she commented, ‘‘so we went down there, I remember I kept writing home for money so my family suggested I come nearer home, I next took a position in South Deerfield.” Here in 1914 From. South Deerfield, Miss Bartlett came to’ Springfield in 1914 and taught first at Barrows School, since torn down. There were two large tubular silo-like fire escapes on each side of the old schoo] and during fire drills pupils would slide down a pole | and be assisted by teachers standing at the foot. “The pu|pils used to be delighted when (we lett had fire recalled, Miss drills,’ Bartlett then Miss Bart-' went to Frederick Harris School where she was acting principal for two months, She next went to Ke old portable school at Sixteen | Acres and then became acting} principal at -old Worthington School, In 1939 Miss Bartlett went to | Carew Street School as princinal| and in 1942 she became principal} of Howard Street School. In 1953 she was transferred to the new |Memorial School, Miss Bartlett recalled 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 set up by the community, Miss Bartlett thinks children: have much better understanding today than formerly. Television, moving pictures, more travel and other factors tend to make them more alert, she believes, Miss Marion nounced her school year. L. Bartlett, principal retirement yesterday Miss of Memorial School, who effective at the end of Bartlett, a native of Worthington, return to that town. Teacher Will End| 42 Years’ Service } Miss Marion L. Bartlett, pal of Memorial princi-| School, will re-| tire 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 be-| came 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 St. School in 1942, She was transferred to the principal- |ship of the new Memorial School |in 1953. She will make her home fn Worthington upon retirement.| plans anthe to �_| hree Principals Retire a ste a Batts Nat Miss Marion L. Bartlett of Memorial ities will Jose system school Springfield The in June, principals, “by «retirement three whose careers exemplify that happy blending of professional capacity and personality that makes teaching a high aceomplishment and learning a discovery for the children who We refer to come under heir influence. School, Miss Rosa M. Bowker of Washington School and Miss Sadie E, Flagg of White Street ag School. Their length of tenure alone is great; ‘the quality of their work would have made even brief careers memorable in the annals of the Departmental offioials School Department. ah Fofp Dd, 173© agree that in their retirement the system enna Entertains pe Principal Miss Marion L, Bartlett, prin-| cipal of Memorial School, Surrey | Rd., was hostess at her home in Worthington, Wednesday afternoon, to 28 principals and supervisors of the Springfield School System, for a Washington’s Birthday and pizza party. For dessert the guests enjoyed home-made ice cream served from a large hand-operated freezer. Miss Bartlett was assisted by her sis-} ter, Miss Elsie V. Bartlett, and} Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Magar-! Nae, “SPRINGFIELD, MASS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1956 is losing three women who have been valuable factors in expounding the point of view which is uniquely developed in the Springfield schools, ‘ Individuals differ, and the three women APRIL 19, 1956 are different in some respects. Intimates characterize Miss Bowker as vital, warm and outgoing, with the love of people marking her Retiring Principal Honored nature; @ pable Miss of Bartlett, taking as enthuSiastic, emergencies in stride, ca- able ‘to ereate a school atmosphere that reflects her own Flagg, happiness as gentle, a sympathetic and zest for/life; and Miss kindly, and understanding endowed and with great love for children that brings out the best in them. All»however, share that special genius for successful human relations which is the hall- mark of great teachers and administrators in our public schools. They have a signal talent for translating arid pedagogy into vital edu- eation, Each has the ability. which, ‘in the jong run, perhaps is the most important and most nearly indispensable asset of the teach- er—the ability to shape the characters of her pupils, not obtrusively; but through the. slow, consistent. cultivation of the soil of intellect, emdétions and morals. Through the unflag- ging exercise of that ability, Miss Bartlett, Miss Bowker and Miss Flagg have had a pervasive effect on their community. The controlling belief of all in the practice of their profession, say those who know them well, is that each child has a personality Marian in East L. Bartlett, Forest principal Park, who of will Surrey retire Rd., in June Memorial 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 coworkers at the school is Cosmo Avyato, a teacher. After her retirement, Miss Bartlett her home will return town. to Chesterfield, oughly grounded learning. s in the fundamentals : of The principals also recognized the importance of the relationship between parents and the schools. Their efforts over the years constituted a significant. contribution to the progress of the Parent-Teacher Association movement in Springfield, dating baek to the early beginnings of the organization. Springfield owes a debt of gratitude and a full measure of honor to these three women as they enter into deserved retirement. Each had the inspiration and the ‘force to give that extra, indefinable something to the task of teaching and guiding children that raises the profession to the plane of art. Entice School sania Miss est capabilities, if the teacher is to prove that she has done her job well. Their educational programs were built around the idea of developing the child’s personality, while not forgetting that a well adjusted child. is thor- tise of his own that must be developed to his high- �THE SPRINGFIELD Hdltown UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MAS wi 100-Year-Old Landmark Centennial Worthington Town Hall Erected 100 Years Ago Imposing Structure Is of Classic Greek Architecture; Centennial Meeting Next Monday Worthington, Feb. 1—When Fieldstone the Fireplace — The Town Hall is of classic|, citizens of Worthington gather next Monday for the annual town Greek architecture, its main enmeeting, they will mark the cen- trance flanked by Doric pillars. With two small rooms at either tennial of the first town meetside of the entrance and an audiing held in the present Town the building remained Hall. It was at a town meeting torium, in April of 1854 that E. H. Brew- | unchanged until 1933 when extenster, C. B. Tower, James Bisbee, | Sive alterations were made under Progress AdminstraRufus Cottrell, A. P. Drury, Cal- a Works vin Robinson and Marcus’ A. tion project. In 1933 and 1934, constructed at Bates were appointed a com- an addition was mittee to build a new Town Hall, the rear of the hall. Excavation and they were authorized to lo- under this addition allowed. for cate it on or near the site of the |a basement and the installation original one which then stood on | of a hot air furnace as well as ground to the south of the church. | toilet rooms. Prior to this, the hall was heated by a stove at Land Cost $25 the rear of the room with a stoveIn November of that year they pipe extending the length of the decided to build on land across 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 sold the constable at that time, the land, for the new Town ail 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. auditorium to the chimney up the back of the building. The stage At a town meeting held early in 1856, it was voted to raise $600 ‘“‘to 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, Jonathan Randall, Sidney Brewster, Alden B. Curtis, I. Adams, and Franklin Burr (the grandfather of the late Franklin H. Burr) were chosen “‘to build a fence and level the ground around the new Town Hall.” These gentlemen built the substantial stone wall which stands today on three sides of the Town Hall. Time has taken its toll and in the settled 100 and years, spread the out wall has so that it is now hard to find a place where it exceeds a height of more than three feet. ac a A is the picturesque Town Hall in Worthington which was 100 years ago and which again will be the scene of the an- next Monday. meeting town nual WORTHINGTON -- j was pushed back into this addition and a handsome fieldstone fireplace was built at the rear of | Appointments Are One of the nicest things about Worthington town meetings nowadays is the crackling fire in this fireplace and the smell of wood smoke, Town officials here are often roasted in more ways than one as they sit in their places on the platform with their backs to the open fire. Above the stage. a room was finished off as a town for closets and room officers’ storage was provided. More recently, pine paneling has been installed in this area and the hall Worthington, Feb. 8 — Since .|Monday’s town meeting, Moder.|ator Carl S, Joslyn has announced the following committees: finance, Donald I. Thompson, Lawrence Mason, Leroy H. Rida, Ralph A. Moran and Harold Mac-: Hugh; town dump, Donald TI. Thompson, Roy W. McCann, and the Listed by Board platform. Mr, Coit lived in the house presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Zack Donovan and there are those still living in town who can remember when that view of has been equipped for basketball : the church from Mr, Coit’s house | games. was unobstructed by trees as it Besides town meetings, public is today. : ‘functions of every description are! In April 1855, the citizens voted held in this hall including the to authorize "the town treasurer Catholic mass on Sunday morn-| to borrow money as needed to ings in the summer and frequent; { defray the expenses of the new ‘wedding receptions. Town Hall. It seems that there was no such thing as estimated costs, appropriations, or invitations, to bidders, but deep trust was placed in the town officers. Construction on the new Town Hall was finally commenced in the summer of 1855 and was ready for use by the end of that year. This built Clarence A. G. Pease; f‘street names, Miss Elsie Eben L, Shaw, and Burr. § wood. and V. Bartlett, Franklin G, Ernest W. Robinson with 152 ‘| votes defeated Arthur Ducharme, -|Sr., who hadj 106 votes for the office of constable. It was inadvert_Jently stated earlier that Ducharme had won the contest. Appointed fence viewers were Stanley Mason, Lawrence Mason, ‘and David Tyler. Surveyors of lumber are Daniel R. Porter and Lawrence Dingmond. Field drivers are William F. Sanderson, Kenneth Pease, and Theo-. dore Tatro. Almoners of the Whiting Street Fund are Mrs. George Torrey, Mrs. Eben L, Shaw and Clarence A. G. Pease. Rural Worthington mai] route Briefs patrons are reminded that snow must be removed from in front of mailboxes or mail will not be delivered. Mrs. Harry W. Mollison was hostess to the Home Demonstration group on Tuesday when Miss Elizabeth Thayer spoke on ‘‘Making clothes comfortable for children.” This subject will be continued at a second meeting in this series, Feb. 14 also at the home of Mrs. Mollison. The public is invited. The new School Board met with Superintendent L. A. Merritt at) ‘\the Russell H. Conwell School ‘|Tuesday afternoon and elected Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal, chairman, and Mrs. Philip Arcouette clerk. It was voted to make Mrs. Richard Hathaway manager of the school lunch program. Ss a sh Se se Mo ea ae teeta �i wet Tree ATS ROYAL CLOSEUP i966 Fab 0 : = . And the Springfield Union yesterday carried items from Worthington and Sunderland stating that small amounts of maple syrup had already been made jin those two communities. We like the good news, | Charlemont-on-the-Deerfield, February 15, 1956. (Associated | | _ ; Press Wirephoto) Queen Elizabeth I of Eng- | land, who soon is to visit Nigeria, poses for Cecil Beaton in the tapestry room of Buckingham Palace in London., She is wearing an embroidered satin dress with a diamond and, pearl tiara, diamond necklace mond and | By BUDDY MARCEAU |streams, better forestration, soil “Reservations and payment of conservation, right of ways to tickets for the first annual ponds, roadside parks, and many Sportsman’s Memorial Dinner other projects. must be in by tomorrow night,” The small number of reservasays A. C. Goulet chairman of tions made by sportsmen’s clubs the committee. The dinner, which of this area, of which he was a this year honors the late Harold member or worked so hard for is P. Worthington dissapointing to the comof Agawam, very take’s place Feb. 14 at. DeMar- mittee. In Boston and Washco’s Restaurant, at legislative hearings, (formerly The ington Chalet or Edelweiss) represented more West Worthinton Springfield. Returns are to be than 20,000 members of organized clubs-and as great a number of » |Sportsmen who hunt and fish. More than 75 rod and gun and sportsmen’s organizations were sent tickets, but to date only a few have responded. Paul V. Hayden, vice-president of the Connecticut Light and Power Co., Hartford, an execu-; tive of the Connecticut River | Watershed Council, wil] introduce Dr. Paul B. Sears, professor of | conservation’ at Yale, guest} speaker, Dr: Sears is president of the American Association for! the Advancement of Science and the author of several books. He has worked with conservationists in this area on watershed development, Several. Pe | HAROLD dia- earrings. Craft Potato Storage Warehouse In Worthington Is Destroyed By Fire At $30,000 Loss WORTHINGTON—An early | morning fire destroyed a large otato storage warehouse at ickory Hill Farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Sena. The fire, high on the brow of Buffing- ton Hill, could be seen for miles,| the village. By the time Mr. Sena could fire The get to the department fire was so warehouse was well the arriving. advanced, however, *hat efforts to remove a truck loaded with potatoes in the main doorway were futile. residents reported. | Within an hour, the large buildIt is believed to have started ing was leveled, leaving twisted} on the back side of the building machinery and equipment smol-; and to have gained considerable dering in a pile of hot baked po: | headway before it was detected. It was first seen by Mrs. Henry H. Snyder from her home in the center of the village, approximately one mile from the burning building. When she first observed the flames, near midnight, it appeared like a high-powered light, she said. As she watched, it seemed to throw off sparks. She reported sponded fire the blaze and the Later, the department immediately. The Sena family were asleep their home nearby aware of the fire Packard telephoned in and was ununtil Cullen them The loss, estimated at $30,000,| is partially covered by insur:} ance and includes, besides the| building, a truck, potato grader, | deep-well pump, water storage) tanks, a heating plant, scales and| 3,000. 100-pound from bags plus miscellaneous small equipment. Cause of the fire re-| investigation by Cummington fire department was called as a precautionary meas- ure, tatoes. members P. WORTHINGTON sent today and tomorrow to A. C. Goulet, 270 Worthington St; Springfield. Telephone reservations: Goulet, daytime RE 7-0231, nights RE 2-5869. Reservations also by calling the following committee members: Dr. Edward Baldwin, RE 3-9614: Howard E. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1956— volunteer 1956 Outdoor Sportsman’s Guide Sugar Season Opens Worthington, Feb, 13—Following the groundhog’s forecast of an early spring, Guy F. Bartlett tapped some nearby trees and already has a quantity of syrup made. Mr. Bartlett takes great pleasure in his small sugaring operation and each year is one of the first sugar makers to open the season,_ Bh §& Mr. of potatoes.| supplies and is still under | Sena and) of the fire department. The Sena family is temporarily | without water because of the fire| which destroyed the water sys:| tem located in the barn. The} nearby sheep barn escaped with: | out damage. RE 3-8276; Judge Norman L. Snow LO 71-5577; Franklin W. McCray RE 3-9054; Howard Peylin RE 6-7980; Charles H. Pevlin, RE 6-8761. Last fall Massachusetts lost a unique, eloquent scholar, sportsman and outstanding conservationist when, Mr. Worthington crossed for the last time ‘the big stream.” Few men knew the pattern of eulture of Western and Central Massachusetts as he did. He in-, sisted that Massachusettse and the nation could survive only if the natural resources were guarded from exploitation and saved and used as necessities, Harold Worthington loved and knew this area’s hills, fields, Streams and forests. Believing they are essential to the welfare of the people, he gave his tre-| mendous knowledge and percep-| tion to their service as a mem:| er of ‘many sportsmen’s clubs and watershed associations. He was hard at work for the sportsmen of this. area when stricken at the Eastern States ExPosition booth and was taken to a hospital from which he never returned to our ranks. For more than 40 years he devoted every Spare moment, money and energy in the interest of sportsmanShip education and conservation of natural resources, Thorughout Western and Central Massachusetts there are “living miemeorials,’’ which will remind us of his great work in pollution construction of pilot abatement, plants for the development trout members of the -New! England Outdoor Writers Asso-} ciation will attend. Among them, Henry Moore, Boston Herald; Pat Harty, Boston Globe; Frank Woolner, Worcester Gazette; Henry Guidi of Agawam. The Division of Fisheries and Game will be represented by two members of the board, James W. Cesan of Feeding Hills and Matthew Coyne of Millbury, Allen Kennedy of Boston will represent} Director Charles McGloughlin. Al] interested in hunting and’ fishing and conservation of natural resources, men and women, have been extended invitations to this dinner, Social hour at 6 p. m., dinner at 6.45, preceded by memorial service by Rev. Frederick F,. Driftmier. Entertainment and dancing will follow the speaking and awarding of the Harold P. Worthington Memoria] Trophy, certificates of merit and honorable mention. / Make your reservation’s today so as to be certain arrangements will be made for you. The number is limited. �et tel}! , JISb ~ WORTHINGTON Three in Rade . Town Posts Are For Place On Filled by Board Worthington, Feb. 10 — The Board of Selectmen met in the town hal] Wednesday evening and organized. Chairman is Henry H. Snyder and clerk, C. Kenneth Osgood. Franklin G, Burr will serve as chairman of the Board of Welfare and C. Kenneth Osgood is chairman of the Board of Health. The chairman of the Board of Selectmen is automatically chief of police. Eben L. Shaw was re-appointed road superintendent and Charles C. Eddy was re-appointed director of civilian defense. Arthur Ducharme, Sr. was _ appointed: sealer of weights and measures, dog officer, and special police officer. Osgood was re-appointed fire chief, and Harry L. Bates Was re-appointed forest fire warden. Custodian of the town hall and of the disposal area is Emerson J. Davis. Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering is David Tyler. The selectmen will meet at the town TOWN COSTS RISE INMASSACHUSETTS WORTHINGTON ee oa x hall on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.30. Bid invitations are ready and will be issued shortly for a four-. wheel drive truck with a 4-yard dump’ body, 9-foot blade plow with hoist attachments and a nine-foot sander-spreader body for the town highway department. Worthington, candidates for on the a School Jan. one Board have filed = Schools took the major share of the budget money appropriated by the towns, The Hampshire County town of Worthington, where $81,440.64 was appro-|' J. Keough, who resigned, Paul B. Fowler of Christian Hollow and .|Ralph A. Mrs. this the Moran Arcouette, town of the a Center. resident for the past 10 years wife of Philip an employee in Pittsfield. F. priated, $41,203 was earmarked for education, Schools will receive $26,445 of the $50,681 approved in Hheath, in. Franklin County. of is Arcouette, at General Electric She is a graduate of Hoosick Falls High School and Albany Business College. Prior to her marriage, she worked in the secretarial and accounting fields, She has one daughter, Susan, a third grade pupil‘at the man Ss, Russell H. Conwell School. Mr. Fowler has lived here for the past seven years with his wife and children, Susan and Jeffrey, both pupils at the local| school. Mr. Fowler is a graduate of Huntington High School and Northeastern University. He is an employee of Texon, Inc. in South Hadley Falls. Mr. Moran and family have lived here for four years. ‘Two| children, Allen and Catherine,| are pupils at that school. Mr.| Moran is a graduate of Dart-| mouth College. He operates a trucking and transportation busi‘ness in this town. He served on the school building committee when the addition was built in the School years, hag 5b 12—Three year term their papers. They are Mrs. Philip F. Arcouette of West Worthington who is serving out the unexpired term of Mrs. John 1953. Arthur G. Capen, WORTHINGTON Budgets Up in Western Part of State—Schools Take the Major Share School Board a member Board for the past announced that he of 24 is not a candidate for re-election.| When the school addition was built in 1953 he was chairman of the building committee. Two Will Seek Assessor Post Worthington, Jan. 13 — The office of assessor, presently held by Carl S. Joslyn who is not a candidate for re-election, is being sought by C. Raymond Magargal and David Tyler. Mr. Magargal, a native of this town and a graduate of Dalton High School, is associated in the contracting business with his father, Wells W. Magargal. He is a member of the town Planning Board, Mr. Tyler, who has lived here for the past five years, owns and operates the old Eager Farm on Chesterfield Rd. He was educated at Putney School and Marlboro College in Vermont, He has served on the town Finance Board and as inspector of slaughtering and animals. WORTHINGTON é Osgood Renamed As Fire Chief Worthington, Jan. 11—The Volunteer Firemen met at the firehouse Monday and re-elected C.}: Kenneth Osgood chief for another term, Others elected were: as-|! sistant chief, Lawrence C. Ma-|) son; first lieutenant, Harold E. Brown; second lieutenant, Zack Donovan; treasurer, Cuilen S. Packard; and secretary, Arthur Ducharme, Sr. A Ladies Night was planned for Feb. 13 which will include a dinner followed by entertainment, Fenn. Muss hevraa There'll be no TY fight in our house tonight was the opinion expressed by two members of a Worthington household shown surveying ice and wind storm damage to the TV antenna and the chimney to which it had been affixed. The above scene was typical of scores in’ Chesterfield, Worthington and Cummington. y �eP 6, 1956. ‘MISS BOWKER ISRETIRING AS SCHOOL HEAD Mando7 IITG Principal 36 at Washington Years to End day is Education Career Miss Rosa M. Bowker, pal of Washington School, notified Sanders Supt. princiyester- William J. of her intention to retire Views Departure With Regret “It is with the greatest regret that I see Miss Bowker Springfield school system years. leave the after 39 “She was not only principal of the largest elementary school but so great has been her skill as a supervisor and teacher that she has been selected to train pros- pective principals. Many other teachers who have served under her because of her example in teaching have become supervisors or administrators. “Miss Bowker has over the lyears been much beloved chairman of the Council for MRS. To Washington lunch High by the} in school, It has a cluding Miss two Cub Bowker ing | | packs. has been a will in be School the “I cafeteria, Am 8 An preced- American in the Technical school High home economics class pupils under the director of Beatrice D. Miller will serve the dinner, The public may attend the auditorium celebration, City Women Stranded 16 Hours OnRte. 20 ThegFriday | blizzard marooned proach the highway to clear it, Miss Evans said. Miss Evans attempted to place a telephone call to her mother in automobile on Route 20. Stranded in Oxford Longmeadow, but the only tele: within walking distance Dr. Ruth Evans and Dr. Elena phone M. Sliepcevich of Springfield Col- was out of order. “We were pretty much out of lege and Ann M._ Anderson, Miss Evans - said. supervisor of physical education patience,’ sat there all trough the in the Springfield public schools, “We “were stranded in Oxford in Miss night and then promptly at 8 Evans’ car from 4 p. m. Friday o’clock in the morning state poto 8.35 a. m. Saturday. lice came, turned us around, and They were attending a physi- routed us through Southbridge cal education conference in Na- so we could get home. tick. Friday when the storm Exhaust Pipes Checked loomed. Deciding to forego the “Tt seems they could have afternoon session because of the done that several hours before weather, they left Natick at 2.30 they did.” p. m, The police inspector checked At 4 in Oxford, they were exhaust pipes, Miss Evans said, halted by police because Route 20 to make sure none was blocked was clogged with cars. A few by snow, minutes later they were permit“Twice during the night he ted to advance about a mile— came by to see if we were all and there they spent the next 16 right,’’ she said. three prominent en more than of, active of Schools Wioneh 16) 456 °39 membership director Public department, Night’ at auditorium, | In June, 1939, she was named principal of Washington School. During her term as principal a} strong parent-teacher organiza-! tion has been established at the) |more than 700. It sponsors a num-) ‘ber of Scout organizations in-) CAMPBELL charge of the dinner at which new citizens will be honored by the Adult Education Council and other organizations on the 13th at Technical in November, School ©, Campbell, the Springfield \Club, 1917, to teach at Jefferson Ave-| nue School. She taught there until June, 1920, when she was named a principal. She served first as principal of the old Alden Street School. She was_ transferred to the old William Street School in 1924, In 1930 she went to Carew Street School as principal. MARY » Mrs. ‘children, by parents and by the teachers. “Her zest for life and love of people have kept the spirits of those who . >rk with her aglow.” Miss Bowker came to Spring- field from Norwood We 1956 | To Run Dinner Work at South CongregaChurch. Wheelock Graduate of alumna an is | She and Boston, College, | Wheelock Columbia at studied \has ColCollege, Harvard Teachers lege and University of California. spent a year of travel in the E British Isles. Miss Bowker will continue to make her home in Springfield} and to participate in community organizations. She spends her| summers at West ‘Gouldsboro, on| Frenchman’s Bay, Me, Her home| is at 161 High St. She had successful teaching eareers in Fairhaven and Norwood before coming to this city. She is a member of Delta Kap-| pa Gamma, honorary educational society, and the Appalachian |Youth tional at the end of the school year. Miss Bowker has been with the Springfield public school system for 39 years. She has spent 36 years as a principal, High praise was given Miss Bowker by Dr. Sanders, He said: | Man ek community and in professional a been has She organizations. member of the Board of Examiners of the School Department, Community the of a member Council, and is a corporator of and} t Club Girls the Springfield the South End Community Cen- |1 ter. 1 She has been active in affairs! of the Child Guidance Clinic and is a director of the Massachusetts of Prevention the for 'Society Cruelty to Children. Miss Bowker hours. Springfield wom16 hours in an Traffic jammed solidly snow plows the road could not guess that part of it did us good,’’ she remarked. Miss Evans’ car had a full tank of gasoline, permitting the women to keep the motor—and the heater—running all night. “No matter how comfortable a ear is,” Miss Evans observed, ‘it gets mighty uncomfortable after awhile.” The women passed the time listening to their plight on the radio. “One thing made us _ laugh,” said Miss Evans, ‘“‘We'd hear that traffic on Route 20 was moving at-a snail’s pace—when it wasn’t moving an inch.’’ When their car was turned and headed toward Southbridge’ the women had little difficulty reaching home, Miss Evans said, | although they crawled through a) mammoth traffic tieup in South-| bridge. all “T Miss Evans finally arrived, No one offered food or shelter home at 11.15 a. m. Saturday— women weren’t worried almost 21 hours after leaving, so but the, ap- about that, Miss Evans said. Natick, MISS ROSA M. BOWKER —_—— a normal 24-hour drive. \ \ ‘TUESDAY, MARCH �oe THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956 Engrossed in Hobby More Than 300 Bells Are In Collector ’s Assortment Mrs. LeDuc of Chesterfield, Retired Music Supervisor, Has History for Each Chesterfield, March 20—Mrs. Lester C, LeDuc has been hearing the tinkle of bells for the past 28 years—she collects them as a hobby. Catalogued Her assortment of more than 300 individual kinds includes those from 22 different countries: Each of the bells, from the smallest to the largest, is numbered and catalogued in a book together with a brief written history, Mrs. LeDuc, for 12 years prior to her marriage to the man who has been highway superintendent in Chesterfield for’ more than 25 Among the treasures Mrs, LeDuc has~“in her collection are a} rain bell, a candlestick bell, and a-tiny bell moulded from metal contained in the bell of the First Congregationa] Church in Northampton which was damaged in a fire many years ago, The rain bell is a unique object. Its purpose is for sounding an alarm when rain is coming through an open window. The bell is set upon a window still with a piece of specially treated paper to hold it taut. If a drop of water hits the paper it dissolves, releasing the spring which rings the bell. The candlestick bell is just years, served as a music superthe name implies: a canvisor in the \Cummington, Ches- what terfield and Worthington schools. | dlestick with a bell attached. It is more novel than practical. She made the trips to. the Bells once attached to anischools in the spring and _ fall mals also make up a large part with a horse and wagon and in of Mrs, LeDuc’s collection. They the winter by horse-drawn sleigh. include those used on the Java She was foreed to retire when cow, French goat, camel, Mon- she developed a back ailment from riding over rough dirt roads while traveling between schools. “One morning,’”’ said Mrs. LeDuc, ‘I told my husband I had decided to take up a_ hobby. Everybody needs a hobby, but I didn’t know what I wanted. One evening I went to a meeting where a woman gave a talk on bells so I decided to collect them. I spread the word: around and people began collecting them for me. Boys in the service sent them to me and some brought them from overseas.”’ golian horse and Argentina cow. Mrs. LeDuc also has a bell taken from the neck of a cow. that wads killed during the invasion of Anzio during World War II. There are mission bells from California, tea bells from Japan and China and dinner bells from Mexico, also a bell that was used; by a retired New Hampshire! school teacher for 50 years. Mrs. LeDuc polishes the pieces five or six times a year taking about three hours to complete the arduous task. Her interest in-the collection is devoted mostly to the history. Unable to put a price tag on the collection, she has been urged to! insure it by her sister, Miss Mar-} ion Bartlett, principal of the Me-. morial Schoo] in Springfield, who: will retire in June. Because of illness, Mrs. LeDuc is unable to travel in pursuit of |her hobby, Her wish is add a bell from a ship and several from England, Ireland and Scotland. She still has the sleigh bells that! were worn by the horse _ that! transported her in her daily! rounds as music supervisor in the| schools, | ok | Mrs. Lester C. LeDuc of Chesterfield is shown here with some of her more than 300 individual bells. which she has been collecting for 28 years. She is holding a candlestick and a Mexican dinner bell. The sleigh bells, far left, were worn by a horse that transported Mrs. LeDue to schools in Cummington and Worthington where she at one time was supervisor of music. [95& special Betty Judy Bartlett Wins Special Award At GHS Judy Bartlett, daughter Crocker award at Greenfield High School, Prin. Arthur N. Watt announced today. | She and girls took given several part in an nationally other GHS! examination| and she will) compete now for a state scholarship. She was highest among the of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bartlett of 23 Brookside Avenue, has won a GHS girls in the test. She is senior class vice - president, Student Council vice - presi- dent and a member of the Student Council her third and fourth years. She is also} a member of the Forum, Pep Club, Junior and Senior Singers, the variety show cast, a member of the senior play cast and has played intramural basketball. She also serv- ed as a member of the town student government day committee and mittee. JUDY amin BARTLETT the senior dance com- �NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1956— Town To Build Hous e To Keep Teacher "Teachers Elect Club Officers Miss Goodhines Is Head of Springfield Group Miss Marjorie E, was elected president Goodhines of Spring- field Teachers Club, Inc., at the _ennual tea and business meeting yesterday afternoon at the Muse- ‘um Miss of Fine Harriet Arts, president-elect She M. succeeds Stevens, is Miss Helen The B. LaRose, Other officers on the accepted ‘slate. are: first vice-president, ‘Miss Anna M, Martin; second vice-president, Miss Charlotte Carman; treasurer, Miss Marie T. MeWilliams; recording secre- tary, Miss Lucy T. Vecchiarelli; corresponding secretary, Miss Amy J. Bartlett; financial secretary, Miss Gladys A. Midura. Directors are Miss Nina L. Lee, ‘Mrs. Ann M,. Klingsporn, Margaret J. Mitchel] and - Stevens. Miss Miss] The nominating committee con- sisted of chairman; Miss Miss Beatrice Anne Miller, M. Foley, Mrs. Lucille B. Hoar, Miss Louisa Piergiovanni and Miss Fern L. Zipse, Hostesses were members of the Mary O. Pottenger School admin- { { { | igtration and faculty and included Miss Stevens, Miss Margaret J. Davison, principal of the school; Miss Genevieve Clark, Mrs. Ger- trude N, Birchard, Miss Lina J. Caravatti, Miss Marguerite A. "While this country community| Worthington Solves Housing ls fortunate of excellent in having group of help his _. him family, children. When cussed met build a house which the some with idea here includes was ‘first weeks:ago, it ways both in the the community. school R. Hallowell, is The popular pleting his principal of teacher who and now in com- st te School. of Mr. the from The éulmihation of ter of town promptly the and immediately was. a local businessman volunteered to dig of the the cellar hole, while another pledged all his spare time until the project is Pledges for building, completed. all phases including work and the heating, right on of grading and the ; electrical plumbing up to the landscaping and point are following annualdinner for boys’ ! ay here as} H and girls’ basketball teams of the | school, which — Mr. Hallowell.’ H. Con-} Hallowell University to the former Jane Kozik iby Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett. tn they are both natives of | “Mrs. Robert J. Lucey,. a mem: Greenfield, As the parents of five |ber of the school board, was in’ small children, housing is bound | charge of arrangements and sheto be a problem, , was assisted by Mrs. Lewis Zarr, ; Worthingion, with a population 'Mrs, William “P. Barton, ~ Mrs.!* of 515, has Jess than 10 rental Carl S. Joslyn, Mr. and Mrs.; units of any. description in the C. Raymond Magargal, Mr. and} whole town and suitable rental Mrs. Herbert N. Haskell, Mrs.| housing for a ‘family with five Raymond Dunlevy, Mrs. Robert. youngsters is simply not availT, Bartlett and Mrs. George} able at any price. Inasmuch as Torrey. the house Mr. Hallowell’s family House plans are now being { is presently living in will not be still coming in and no one wants available aiter the close of the considered and it is hoped that | iground may be broken in the} to be left out. current school year, he was. faced ‘near future. Those helping proEven the women folks wanit to with making a change either in mote the project said today that). be included and have volunteered |finding another house or eise in they anticipate further offers of| to help in many ways-to assure ‘finding another position. Neither _volunteer assistance in the wake| the completion of this unique change would be simple with five ‘of the surprise oes project. eee non-parents | children. _ alike recognize the need for keeping a teacher here who has demonstrated his worth in so many Mary S. Presiding at the tea table were Miss Marion L. Bartlett, princi-| pal of Memorial Kosa M. Bowker, Washington School; School; Miss principal of Miss Hettie W. Craighead, pupil adjustment teacher; and Miss Sadie E. Flagg, principal of White Street School. the plan. sides. A building lot near the cen- fand donated and Mrs. ‘eame lastnight atthe’ town hall, | ° tt all! ried enthusiasm lian J. Shapiro Tower. eee t is: a ‘coaches. It, took the form of a). ofa eee party in. honor Of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Hallowell, who observed+ | Massachusetts, where he is now ‘their eighth «anniversary~ this} evening) courses toward week. A large cake in the form af *dis- taking was his master’s degree. He is mar-! a house waS made-and decorate bs for) well five} graduate Miss Thelma L, Parker, Mrs. Lil- \and a few parents,. sensing -the! is Norman third year the Russell was| sephine E. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary T. Hegarty, Miss Anmarie M. Kennedy, Mrs. Corinne P. Kulik, {Situation in Mr. Hallowell’s case, | By Unique Concerted Action er.yore WORTHINGTON—A it _ pointed. out, the fear. of losing) one.-of them is always present} Problem For School Principal. Worthington parents, faced with the possibility of losing one of its ' valuable teachers chiefly because suitable rental housing is not available, has sparked a move to a faculty| teachers, Deitner, Mrs. Dorothy C. Drown, Miss Madeline Ferriter, Miss Jo- pocorn mena" Sta WORTHINGTON—A siunning surprise was given’ Norman R. Hatlowell,. principal:of the Russell H. Conwell School, this:town’s orly one, at the town hall last’ night, when” he and’ Mrs. Hallowell were ‘offered a home to be built with volunteer labor on a*denaied lot: near the ceniérof!town—the move being made to keep the popular principal and athletic coath here by solving his honsifig problem. The house he, is wile and five children now occupy will be not be. available after this term,. Shown at ‘revelation of the surprise are. left to right, €, Raymond Magargal, Mrs: Witham’ P:: Barton. Mrs. Hallowell. Mrs. Lewis Zarr, Mr. Hallowell, Mrs, Carl S$: Joslyn and Robert-J. Lucey.” Cake in the form of a house was to mark the Hallowell’s eighth, wedding anniversary, which they observed this week. | fast night. % ts �PTA, The new presidents of the Surrey Rd. Memorial School Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marion pose with Miss Marion Bartlett (center) retiring principal of the school, at the annual meeting Other officers elected, of the PTA last night at the school. who ‘were installed by Mrs. Carroll Bryant of the PTA Council include Mr. and Mrs. James Houghton, vice-presidents; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Whitehead, second vice-president; Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Egan, treasurers. secretaries and Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hawley, The program was arranged by Miss Bartlett and A hy uf Donald Kramer. : / 7 : } 7 : — 2 & » Springfield Teachers Take Advantage of ‘Airlift? Memorial School faculty was well represented this morning when Eastern Airlines Educator Airlift flights began to take off from Bradley Field. Virtually all of the Springfield parochial and public schools sent delegations to take part in the 22-minute flights over ‘the Springfield area. It was all done to give teacher an opportunity to catch up with her already air-minded pupils, on flight savvy. Above Memorial teachers appear amazed as they look up at the thread story high yertical rudder of the two-engine plane that will soon take them up about 10 000 to 15,000 feet. In the group are Marion L. Bartlett, Memorial principal, third from the right and 3 a group including: Ann Marie Smyth, Mary Dryden, Margaret MacKenzie, Claire Connor, Helen Waite, Claudette M. Houle, Jean Cobleigh, all Memorial teachers. Also in the group eine Mary. Ellen et ms Pea thencs tae om Shea, of Glenwood School, and Barbara Fison, and Bessie May, both teachers at Van Junior High School, re stud tna Sickle �1 ieee eae _ FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1956 | 1000 JOIN FETE TO PRINCIPAL OF MEMORIAL ! | || | | = C of C Women’s Division to Honor Retiring Principal Receives Gifts Four Principals Planning nard jsuest Miss Marion L. Bartlett, Sheraton-Kimball, re- ing contributions School parents Markarian and was of it Miss Sadie E. Flagg, White St. School. be was Paul Revere silyer bowl and principal a check. Memorial pupils. given a presi- presentations ‘by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ‘incoming copresidents. were Marion. SPRINGFIELD, Si tee | MASS., WEDNESD ————- 1; MAY 16, 1956 Women of Chaniber-Honor Retiring Educators WOMEN'S DIV. OF CHAMBER | PAYS TRIBUTE Four Retiring Educators Are| Honored at Luncheon Meeting Today The Women's Chamber of Division Commerce of the paid! tribute to approximately 175) combined years of service to the) Springfield public school system, | honoring ihree retiring principals; and an English department head.| The tribute was extended to! Miss Rosa Bowker, principa] of Washington School; Miss Marion Bartlett, principal of Memorial School; Miss Sadie E, Flagg, principal of White St, School! and Miss Asenath Tarr, head of| the English department of Trade High School. The tribute took place at a luncheon at the Hotel SheratonKimball and awards were yviven} to the teachers,. all of whom Saw more than 45 years service, by Robert Samble, president of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Tom. Fitzgerald, general manager of the Chamber, the) luncheon an- Three principals of Springfield public scheol system and an English department head, who retire at the end of the present school term were honored this noon by the Women’s Division of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Sheraton-Kimball. Playing major roles in the proceedings were from left to right: President of the division Grace J. Frecburn, Miss Rosa M. Bowker, principal of Washington -School; Miss Marion L. Bartlett, principal of Memorial School; Miss Sadie E. Flagg, principal of White St. School, and department of Trade of Mr. Maynard, who has been; Planning Board Engineer for the city since 1929, will speak on “Expressways and Other Related Problems.” Miss Marion L. Bartlett, who will retire in June as Memorial School principal after 42 years as a teacher and principal here, was honored yesterday at a PTA picnic on the school grounds. Robert E. Markarian, retiring PTA copresident, presented her a dent’s pin and Mrs. Markarian, copresident with her husband during the year, was presented ;a plant. The will the ‘School; Miss Marion L. Bartlett, Principal of Memorial School and a teacher! Dr. Sanders said Miss Bartlett gave the school ‘‘a_ distinctive}: personality.’’ The mayor said he wished ‘‘Miss Bartlett were just starting in the school system.” Robert E. Markarian, retiring PTA copresident, presented Miss Bartlett a Paul Revere silver bowl on behalf of the PTA. In the bowl was a check, represent- at nounced today. At the Meeting four retiring school principals will be honored by the women’s group. They are Miss Rosa Bowker, principal of Washington School: Miss Asenath Tarr, head of the English Department at Trade High ‘was honored yesterday afternoon| : by about 1000 parents, teachers and pupils at the annual PTA|: picnic on the school grounds. Mayor . Brunton and _ School Supt. William J. Sanders lauded |: Miss Bartlett’s contribution to}: the city and the schools during as speaker Engineer May-| ber of Commerce to be held Wednesday noon in the Hotel School principal, | : her 42 years here ‘and principal. Board Saunders meeting of the Women’s Division | jot the Greater Springfield Cham- Miss Bartlett Is Honored : At PTA Picnic; to Retire After 42 Years tiring Memorial O. Miss High Asenath School. ee Tarr, ee head of the English �195¢ Retiring Washington School Principal ROSA BOWKER 1S GIVEN GIFTS Hexored Sy Retiring Principal Re- ceives TV Set, Pearls Miss Rosa M. Bowker, who will retire next month after 17 years as Washington School principal, was guest of honor of the Washington PTA last night. She was presented a string of pearls at a dinner at the Mountain Laurel, Enfield, preceding |the installation meeting of the PTA at the school. John E. Swan, retiring PTA president, presented the pearis on behalf of the officers, committee chairmen and past presidents | who attended the dinner. At the close of the meeting, Miss Bowker was presented a television set from the PTA. A large cake, with icing spelling: out the tribute ‘We'll miss you, Miss Bowker,’ was cut during the dinner. A take-off on the television tion’? ture, was show an ‘$64,000 entertainment Ques- Thirty six of Miss Bowker’s named principal of School sistant school Street and Eastern superintendent Avenue Schools; and in charge of elementary Miss Alice B. Beal, 39 |years in the Springfield public school system have been as a principal. Participating jn the skit were: Swan, who was installed as PTA miember at large; Murray Underi wood, seated as first vice-presicent; Dr. John §S, Coughlan, treasurer; Miss Marion E. Pla:t, | Lewis R. Pendergrass and George LeRoy, Washington School | E. |teachers; Allen Erdman and Dr, \Harry Smith, past presidents, | Winfield Holland and Mra. Wil, fred Belcher of the PTA. | Others installed by Mrs. Ralph} Miss Rosa M. Bowker, extreme right, retiring Washington School principal, was honored by the Washington PTA last night during a dinner at the Mountain Laurel, Enfield, and at the regular’ meeting at the school. A large decorated cake was one of her gifts. Guests included, left to right: Miss Mary O. Pottenger, retired supervisor of elementary education of the Springfield public schools; Miss Claire L. Scannell, assistant to the Washington School principal who recently was fea- as- education. |B, Rice, Springfield PTA Council| | president-elect: president, Irving |S. Kimball; second vice-president, Mrs. Jean B. Sisitsky; secretary, | Miss Ida Pollin. avy f aetiniaaadaad biden 5 anoaieaiiene TE Di Mehl Rel THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL Fo an ae The Mountain Laurel, in Thompsonville, Conn., on Route 5, serving Springfield and Northern Connecticut for the past 17 years. It is our guests and their continuous patronage throughout the years whohave given us the impetus in preparing and serving good food and beverages. We are open week days 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays: 12:00 to,8.p.m. Closed Mondays. �SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MONDAY, MAY 21, 1956_ \ pay, a _ Plaque Bonen Late Sportsman | = =a = Plaque Unveiled — As ‘Memorial’ to H. P. Worthington Agawam, May 20—Representatives of sportsmen’s clubs of Hampden County met this afternoon at the Agawam Center Cemetery to dedicate a plaque honoring the memory of Harold P.. Worthington, who died last ‘year. Also present were members jof the First Baptist Church, iwhich Mr. Worthington was active member many years. : 3 : Mr. and of an officer for Conservation Supporter Worthington, a former president of the Hampden, County |}Council of Sportsmen’s many years was an Clubs, ardent for sup- porter of wildlife conservation and improved programs of sportsmen’s organizations. He appeared many times in support of legislation for conservation projects. He was one of those ‘who inaugurated legislation which established the five-man board of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Division. Matthew Coyne, chair- man of that board, was the speaker at today’s exercises. He spoke - | a Barbara and Agawam Center Worthington, Cemetery above, which honors unveil their the plague grandfather, in | the | late Harold P. Worthington, noted sportsman and conservationist, The plaque | Betty men was of which given Mr. by-the Hampden Worthington was held County Council was a member. yesterday. ee - Worthington | unveiled , ae of Sports- The 5 very briefly simply outlining the many acts of service of Mr.} Worthington and his connection with the betterment of conservation. Twin granddaughters of Mr. |Worthington, Betty and Barbara Worthington, daughters of E. B. ceremony : : ance ‘ ees TO BE HONORED Tea Si; to 1956 : 3 sez ee Event at Armory School Honors Principal... _A farewell tea honoring Miss Telen M.' Fletcher, principal of: Armory Street School, will be held at the school on Monday ~after90n from 1 to 3 o’clock. Miss! “‘letcher has recently been trans- ‘erred te Memorial School and! will take up her new duties in’ Jeptember. | All. parents and friends of Armory Street School are cordially invited to attend. Mrs, Carlton!Shattuck is chair- @ MISS . Who HELEN M. FLETCHER Meee : : will’ be honored at a tea Monday afternoon in the Armory} Street School, man two and she will be assisted by cochairmen, Mrs. Dudley {Page and Mrs. Philip Gootzit.) ‘|Members of the executive board) now working on plans for the tea jare Mrs. Dickran Yemenijian, | Mrs. Everett Zakarian, Mrs. John. Shonak, Mrs. So] Silverman, Mrs.| ohn Wallace, Mrs, Joseph J.} Aberdale, Mrs. Wycliffe Nash-' lo ain Bey a = 2 The eee inscription -\Hampden County.” N. J., tablet, oe bens ‘In Memor- George Urban acted as master ‘of ceremonies in the absence of Dauphinais, Benjamin T. who was Lockhard ill. of the First Baptist Church gave the pan es pronounced the benediction. Dudley K. Bodurtha, Be Given For Miss Fletcher plaque. iam; Harold P. Worthington for unselfish and devoted service to the Council of Sportsmen’s Clubs, ‘Rev. s of Demarest, following |Emil MAY the president of the council, placed a memorial wreath upon the grave. ie Ee �AUGUST 25, 1956 , MAY 24, 1956© FUTURE BRIDE Charl es Bartlett Will Take Bride | Barbara Ann Love Becomes Bride of Charles Bartlett Worthington Man to Wed Barbara A. Love Mr. and Mrs. Love of Goshen, the engagement ter, Barbara Goshen (N. Y.) Girl Weds Worthington Resident in Episcopal Church Richard Brooks N. Y., announce of their daugh- Ann to Charles *In St. James Episcopal Church, Mosher Bartlett, son of Guy Frankin Bartlett of Worthington and the late Mrs. Bartlett. The wedding will take place in August. Miss Love was graduated from Pine Manor Junior College in Goshen, N, Y., Miss Ann Love, daughter of society at the Yuletide Ball in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1953. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Cornelius Ruxton Love of Brooklyn. Mr. Bartlett was graduated from North Adams State Teachers College, and has done graduate work at Bates College and the University of Maine. He is o'clock. Rev. Douglas pool performed the Wellesley head and of the athletic Woods Ne and x Ys was history director School in presented the Oyster Mrs. Richard Brooks Love of The Farm, East Bay,| Goshen, N. Y., became the bfide of Charles Mosher Bartlett, son of Guy Franklin Bartlett of Worthington, to department, at Barbara Mr. and Bartlett, and on and a the Yuletide the late Saturday reception Mrs. at 4.30 M. Glassceremony, followed in the home of the bride’s parents. Mrs, Bartlett was graduated from Pine Manor Junior College. She was presented to society at N.°Y., ; daughter Love a of of Dr. MISS BARBARA A. in and Brooklyn, is the grand- Cornelius Brooklyn, Mrs. Love. Kindergarten ; Ball in 1953, and Ruxton the late She is the assistant teacher at East- woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. LOVE ‘Mr. Of Goshen, N. Y., whose engagement to Charles M. Bartlett of Worthington is announced Bartlett from was graduated Massachusetts State Teach- ers College, North Adams, and did graduate work at Bates College and the Unviersity of Maine. He is head of the history depart- ment and is athletic director at the Eastwoods School, Oyster Worthington Man’s Bride Bay. Given in marriage by her fa-! ther, the bride wore a princess-) Style gown of white taffeta, fashioned with deeply rounded neck- line, brief shirred Mrs. Otis Sherman sleeves and bouffant tiered skirt. Her fingertip veil of illusion was arranged) to a crown headpiece, and she carried a cascade of lily of the valley and white baby orchids. |! Attending her were her sister, Page, Jr., as matron of honor, and Miss Ruth Houston of Goshen, N, Y., and Miss Barbara Sullivan of Huntington, N. Y. as_ bridesmaids. Their gowns of taffeta were designed like that of the bride, with the matron of honor attired in scarlet, and the bridesmaids, in, turquoise. Each wore a. floral! hat, and carried a bouquet of) pale yellow roses and pompons, accented by blossoms matching her gown. For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs, Love chose a dress cf beige lace with mauve accessories and a white orchid corsage. Lt. Nicholas Ratiani of Bedford Air Force Base served the bride- groom as best man, Ushers were Robert Brownell, Frank Andrews, Franklin Bartlett, the bridegroom’s brother, and Talbot A. Love and Cornelius R. Love, 3d, brothers Among Miss of the guests Katherine F, bride. attending were Bartlett, Mrs. Mary H. Drexler and Mrs. Nicholas Ratiani, all of Deerfield; Miss Marion Bartlett of Springfield; Mr. lett, Jett, and Mrs. Horace H. F, Bart- Mr, and Mrs. George BartMr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett and MRS. CHARLES MOSHER SFT ee eel and C, children, Raymond and Mr. Magargal, all of Worthington; Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Lilly of Williamstown, ( Bachrach Photo) BARTLETT Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Bell of Augusta, Hardy, Y., Whose marriage took place Saturday afternoon in Goshen, N. was Miss Barbara Ann Love of Goshen, SI Mrs, pe sala ae Me., and Mrs, Albert Jr., of Buffalo, N. Y¥. �MAY30, 1956 r. Sanders Named to Conn. Post Dr. Sanders’ characterized Springfield School Super- intendent to Become State Commissioner of Education (Special to The Union) qualifications were as ‘‘outstanding”’ by a board member, * * * : Dr. Sanders gave the following statement last night: “T am greatly honored to be ielected to the position of commissioner of education for the state of Connecticut. ’ “However, it is with real regret that I will leave Springfield. The Springfield school system. is Hartford, Conn., May 29— Dr. William J. Sanders, superintendent of schools in outstanding in the success of its| Springfield, Mass., was elect- graduates jin college, commerce} ed commissioner of education and industry, and the support which it receives in the commuof the state of Connecticut nity. by the State Board of Edu“IT have thoroughly enjoyed cation today. He will suc-j working with those public-spiritmembers of the School Com-} ceed Dr. Finis E. Engleman,| ed mittee now serving and those who has resigned effective) who have served in the past as Sept. 14 to become executive, well as with other city officials. “Tt has been a particularly secretary of the American experience to work wit Association of Superintend- wonderful the staff of .the school system ents of Schools at Washing- whose professiona] abilities are unexcelled by any ‘other staff ton, D. C. Memorial Principal Honored —* and equalled by very few. “T am proud to have been superintendent of schools in Springfield.” To Submit Resignation Dr. Sanders said he expects to submit his resignation at the next meeting of the School Com$12,- mittee, which will be June 7, miniJohn T. McDonough, chairman of the School Committee, expressed keen regret that Dr, Sanders is leaving, “T feel deep regret at Dr, Sanders’ decision,’’ he said. ‘‘How| ever, I realize the post to which he has been elected is one of great honor and _ responsibility. | His loss is a stunning blow to the ‘| community, The School Committee will have great difficulty to find a person to replace him who possesses in the same degree the high attributes he has.” Dr, Sanders has had excellent relations with the committees un| der which he has served except for this year when he has under/gone criticism from the Democratic member from Ward 6, Vincent DiMonaco. Unanimous Vote Dr. Sanders received the unanimous vote of the board. He notified Mrs. Marion Hutton of Somers, Conn., chairman of the |board, by telegram of his ac| ceptance, | The 000 to position $16,800. pays but a from new Dr. Sanders came here from| the presidency of Fitchburg State| Teachers College more than six} years ago. He is a graduate of| Yale University, class of 1928, DR. WILLIAM J. SANDERS and received his doctorate from mum and maximum salary! Yale in 1935. He was a professchedule is being recommended.| sor at New Haven, Conn., State It is understood that Engleman Teachers College and at De Paul has recommended that it be from University in Chicago before go$20,000 to $25,000. Whether the board will go along with this is ing to Fitchburg. not known but Dr. Sanders He is married and has four stands eventually to receive conchildren, | He has had several other at-) siderably more than he is gettractive offers in the past which ting in Springfield where his sal‘lary is $16,000. he has refused, Dr, Sanders sent the following} telegram to Mrs. Hutton: j “Happy to accept election by! jstate board to the position of commissioner of education for Connecticut, Will do utmost to fulfill responsibilities of this very important post of educational) leadership.” 73 Candidates Dr. Sanders was picked a field of 73, which was from nar- rowed to five. The fire were Dr. Commissioner Deputy Sanders; ‘of Education of Connecticut, William Flaherty; Frank Stover, assistant commissioner in New Jersey; and Supt, of Schools Harold -Munson of Newburgh, N. ry | | | | { ' 2 Honored recently at a ceremony held at the Memorial School on Surrey Rd. was Miss Marion L. Bartlett who will retire this month as principal following 42-years’ service in the Springfield Public School System. Shown presenting a plaque to Miss Bartlett in recognition of her work as principal of Memorial School since 1953 is James Makol, president of the student council, who made the award on behaif of the students. �THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN RETIREMENT A parade of past presidents @ SPRINGFIELD, MASS. @ JUNE PARTY 10, 1956 of the Washington School PTA, officials of the Springfield Public School Department, and members of the PTA at the school through the years, recently joined forces to pay homage to Miss RosaM. Bowker, principal of the Washington School, who is retiring from school de- partment service in Sept. The gala retirement party was held at the school where PTA members, many of whom have children and grandchildren under Miss Bowker's supervision, joined to fete her and to recall incidents of her 34 years of service to the Springfield Public School System, 17 of which have been spent as principal of the Washington School. Climax of the evening came when guests presented the dearly beloved educator with a silver pitcher and tray, a generous purse, and a register signed by her many friends. Rotophotos by Paul Krause iE HAPPY OR wt Lk. GIFT om | \ if PRINCIPAL Miss Bowker enjoyed many moments of sheer happiness as she chatted with little groups of old friends during the evening. Left to right here are: Miss Mary O., Pottenger, retired supervisor of elementary education; Mrs. Victor Hurd, Miss Mary Bowker, sister of the feted principal; Miss Bowker and Mrs. John Tierney. Nay Ws REGISTER Guests signed a handsome gift register which was later presented to Miss Bowker. In this groupare George LeRoy, Barbara Costello, Mrs, Max Karp, Miss Rebecca Johnson and Mrs. Martin Saykin, ANTICIPATION Mrs. William Cruess, chairman of the testimonial party, (left) opened gift package for Miss Bowker who was overwhelmed by the excitement of the event. Gifts SURPRISE PACKAGES came as complete surprise to Miss Bowker who is shown as gaily wrapped packages were presented to her by Mrs. Victor Hurd. �aia \\ si THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN @ SPRINGBIELD, MASS. ® JUNE 10, 1956 IN LIMELIGHT Miss Bowker (center) was on verge of tears as Dr. William J. Sanders, superintendent of the Springfield Public School Department, paid her a warm verbal tribute. Seated beside her are Mrs. William Cruess, party chairman, and Mrs. Victor Hurd, co-chairman. OL.D FRIENDS Hundreds of friends of the beloved principal gathcred in the school foyer to partake of a generous refreshment smorgasbord, �: Poe Sr er i lee é Bh ert ree M ee, \ ¥ *‘ GF So many friends INTENT e AUDIENCE of Miss Bowker showed up at the testimonial that room partitions had to be opened to accommodate PTA president, A, John Willis, is shown addressing part of the crowd. HONORED GUEST Old friends of the retiring principal sat beside her as program of sincere tributes was begun. In foreground, left to right, are: Miss Bowker, Miss Mary L. Bowker, Miss Alice B. Beal, Miss Mary O. Pottenger, Mrs. Daniel B. Brunton, Mrs. Ira Purdy and Mrs. Victor Hurd. a ee ES the throng. Here, past �~~ PITCHER A handsome sterling silver pitcher was one of the gifts showered on Miss Bowker at the party. Here, she's shown making speech of acceptance while Mrs. Victor Hurd and Murray Satell look on. LINE = ~ eS Pees. tm ah e toa L eve ET RECEIVING At the party's conclusion, friends of the retiring principal wished her many years of happiness as they passed through receiving line. �~ _pedy 21 f° 1956 | sUter 1 1958. Conwell Author Feted 50th Class Reunion ee at Westlicld Among those present at the Westfield High School Class of 1906 50-year reunion at Sheraton Inn, Westfield, Saturday night, were those shown above. They are, left to right—former Mayor Arthur B. Long of Westfield, J. Earle Boyle of Westfield, class president, Mrs. George Cushing, 86, of New Hampshire, senior class homeroom teacher when the class graduated, George R. Wholean of West Springfield vice-president, and Clarence A. G. Pease of Springfield, treasurer. A coming-out party for new author, Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle, left, at South Worthington, enlivened this hamlet yesterday when friends from the area flocked to her house to celebrate publication of her first book, “Life With Grandfather Conwell.” Miss Tuttle and Mrs. Lois E. Brown, right, here inspect a copy of the paper-bound edition. Miss Tuttle’s grandfather, Rus-| Perhaps that’s héw it was for lsell H. Conwell, was a noted| Conwell, except that he didn’t orator at the end of the 19th make mistakes. He knew where century and the beginning of the the diamonds were—in his voice 20th. His lectures earned him|| and his head. The riches were in enough money to permit him to’ his backyard. And when he found them he} found Temple University and gave them away. Samaritan Hospital in Philadel-| Conway was a foreign corres-| phia. pondent for the New York Tri-| In his life Conwell gave away bune and the Boston Traveler in} $11,000,000. the 1870's. | Most of it came from-his talks,| He triedslaw, too, but a pen-} including a speech titled ‘‘Acres chant for taking eases for the} of Diamonds.» He gave that! poor without taking their money } lecture 6000 to 7000 times. He -and perhaps a superfluity of| delivered around 10,000 alto- lawyers in legal-minded Boston| gether. where he practiced—left him with} Left Penniless little income. Conwell was born Feb. 15, 1843, First Writing Effort | at South Worthington. He died Now he has been frozen into; Dec. 6, 1925. His fabulous phil-| type by his granddaughter, Miss anthropy left him almost pen- Tuttle. This is her first plunge} niless, into writing, but her work among} In a : way, , his life was under “lother arts has been varied 1 something that might be called She hoped for a career in op- a lucky Civil War, minor spell. Wounded in hard, the) era worked he was arrested on a) cert technicality. and tours Canada, in the and made United She won con- States a job with Fearing that his record might) an opera company just before be blemished, he went to Presi-| worlq War I, but when hostilities dent e Lincoln, who ordered that) menaced, she abandoned singing Conwell be given an honorable|.44q went to Philadelphia to keep discharge. Conwell was 21 at the house for her grandfather. time, and a lieutenant colonel. Vhen the war began she underHe turned to the ministry after took volunteer service activitie: the war, built a new church at eventually joining an overseas Lexington when he found his theater troupe which presented }sermons attracted large crowds,| shows two and three times a day land he was on his way. | for soldiers, | His ‘‘Acres of Diamonds’’ was| Miss Tuttle now directs the jan allegorical fable about an an-| choir of the Congregational |cient Persian who went out into} Church and paints. She is a past | the world to find riches, only to president of the local Palette and | have the man who bought his Trowel Club. property discover diamonds in the She lives in a small white cot| Persian’s old backyard. tage with her yellow dog, Bambi, across the street from the turesque Methodist Church long ago by Grandfather well when he came to town. pic- used Con- Fes if fe a ll phe d es AN INN OF COLONIAL CHARM and Hotel Northampton have been noted Wiggins Old Tavern since 1786 for their excellent preparation of delicious food from old New England recipes. After enjoying the meal of your dreams and relaxing in an atmosphere of quaint charm,a visit to our Weaving House, Antique Shops, and Coach and Wagon Sheds will surely make your visit to Wiggins Old Tavern a delightful experience you'll long remember. �eee aA ee, LU VME Worthington Girl ~ In Church Bridal, Miss ‘Marcia Lane Dr. Frank Feakes Weds ~ Worthington, June 17 — Miss Marcia Lane, daughter of Mrs. Robert Phelps Lane of Worthing- ton, formerly of Westfield, and the late Mr. Lane, was married Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock to Dr, Frank Feakes of Brookline and Perth, Australia, son of Mrs. Frank Feakes of Perth, and the late Mr. Feakes. The ceremony took place in the Congregational Church of Worth‘ington, performed by Rev. E. Pomeroy Cutler of Richmond, and a reception followed in the ‘home of the bride’s mother. The bride was given in marriage by her grandfather, William L. Cummings of Montclair, N. J., and wore a floor-length dress of silk organdy over pink taffeta, with appliques of Argenta lace. Her finger-tip veil was of nylon tulle, and her bouquet of lily of the valley and stephano‘tis, Her maid of honor was Miss Sara Elizabeth Lane of Westfield, her niece, who wore blue silk or- gandy and carried a bouquet of yellow marguerites, and attending as flower girls were Linda and Lee Lane of Westfield, also nieces.. For -her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Lane was attired in pale green linen with white accessor- les, William bridge ushers H. served were Ceckler as best Thomas of W. man Cam- Mix and of Cambridge and William C, Lane of Westfield, brother of the bride. . The bride is a graduate of Wellesley College and received her master’s degree in public health North Mr. from from Carolina, Feakes the the University was University of of graduated Western Australia, and after coming to this country on Fulbright and Robert Gledden grants, received his doctorate’s degree in chemical engineering from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, is currently at the institute as He a research associate in chemical engineering. Mr. Feakes is a member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and Sigma Xi. : The on, couple will reside in Bos- MRS. FRANK (Bradford FEAKES Bachrach Photo) �THE YANKEE PEDLAR INN Here you will find facilities in the Colonial manner for lunc heon, dinner or parties for festive occasions. In any of the attractive dining rooms, the meal of your choice will be an experience in good living --- superbly prepared, generously portioned and graciously served. Spas ipetaee Ca ELT “a sitet oie ae THE LOG We! CABIN --- FAMOUS u Mine FOR ue ‘ nad ITS CUISINE cet Aan Ge: eeneta, > AND CHARM Hitue Spacious gardens, warm with the bright glow of old-fashioned flowers, terraced lawns, and a magnificent view of the Berkshires are part of the charm of The Log Cabin, Easthampton Road, Holyoke. Here, in air-conditioned surroundings, you will enjoy the finest foods and delightful cocktails, concocted to please your personal taste. We're open daily from 12 noon to midnight. �Veteran School Official, 69, Dies! Northampton, Sept. Morse & Haynes President 26—Lucius A. Merritt of North St., Williamsburg, superintendent of School Union -55, which includes the} towns of Chesterfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Worthington and Williamsburg, died suddenly this morning at Cooley Dickinson} Hospital in this Windsor, Conn., city. He was born in April, 1888, in. son of Lucius A. College of | and Jennie W. Merritt, and was} graduated from Windsor High, School Hartford. and Trinity Following graduation from Trinity, he served as coach! of football matics at of and teacher of mathe-| Windham High School Willimantic, was school principal Conn., of the at Easthampton and later|! grammar| for eight! years before accepting the super-| intendent’s position which he held until the time of his death. Mr, Merritt was superintendent of schools in Chesterfield, Worthington and Williamsburg from 1920 until 1953 when the school | systems of Southampton and Westhampton were added to the union. He held the longest record in service as state superin-' tendent of a school union,, Mr. most church ter of Masons ber of Church fices Clerk, Merritt had been active of his life in civic and work and was past masthe Hampshire Ledge of of Haydenville; a memthe First Congregational in which he held the of-| of as deacon, well as director | Started 60-Year Career As Errand Boy Eugene B. Ward of 6 Plateau Ave., Wast Springfield, president of Morse & Haynes Co., Inc., shoe merchants, died today in Springfield Hospital. A native of Chester, he came ito this city at an early age, and started with the shoe company as an errand boy in 1895. He was associated with the company for 60 years, seeing it grow from a small retail outlet to a successful chain operation with outlets in other cities and |what may have been the largest special order department in the country at one time. The growth of the store was credited in no small way to the | contribution of Mr —aT@p=wvho as well as being a business manager was a resourceful designer and innovator. ‘‘Articulator”’ arch supports, several patents, to the general local outlet and on which he held were introduced trade from the later were used by other companies in their nationally-distributed products. | After years of studies of foot} troubles, Mr. Ward put his spe-| | Grange. the and! superintendent Funeral will be held Saturday of Worthington, died pve a son, Philip W. of South Deerfield; a brother, Leland P. ‘Cole of Scotia, N. ¥.; and two sisters, Mrs. George E. Torrey and Miss Oliver E, Cole of Worth- ington. The funeral will be held| Saturday afternoon at 2 in First} |Congregational Church with Dr. Hollis W. Huston officiating. Burial will be in North Cemetery. Omission of flowers is requested iby the family. There will be no ‘calling hours, cocci Worthington, ton Grange, 90, TOae Sept. 9—Worthingwill meet Tues- day evening at 8.30 in the Town Hall when officers for the coming year will be elected. The Mad from Hatter last program month postponed will be carried out at this meeting with prizes for the best hats. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Russell Borst. Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson ang John Jarvis. The Parent-Teachers Organiza- of the Russel] H. Conwell “Funeral services for Waldo Chapman Cole, who died sudden- ly in Greenfield Wednesday, were), kKeld Saturday at 2 in First Congregational Church with Dr. Hollis W. Huston _ officiating. EUGENE B. Bearers were Leland P. Cole, Jr., WARD i cialized knowledge to work in the design of corrective footwear. Among the many persons for whom he once created special shoes were crippled children at the Shriners’ Hospital here. Mr. Ward was president of the {store at the time that it occu| pied space in the old Lyman | Building /in 1938 |tion of on Main to allow for Woolworth St. demolished the construc- Store. The shoe store then took up new |quarters at 1285 Main St. He was a member of the Mittineague Congregational Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Anna (Balod) Ward; a son, Raynor of Springfield and a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Austin of Ashfield. The funeral will be held at Byron’s funeral home Monday at 1.30 p. m. with Rev. Charles King, pastor of Mittineague Congregational Church, officiating. Visiting hours are Saturday and ‘Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 .m. The family asks that flow-7 ers be omitted and that any _cou-) tributions go to the Cancer Fund. and Richard Bartlett of Scotia, N. Y., homas Bates of Williamsburg, and Ashley Cole of Wor- thington. Burial was in the North |Cemetery. ————_——— Ni Worthington, Sept. 10—At the annual meeting of the Women’s Benevolent Society, Mrs. Leroy LH. Rida was re-elected president. Other officers are: vice-president, Mrs. Ralph Kerley, Jr.; secretary, Mrs. Harlan Creelman; treasurer, Mrs, Arthur RolJland; five directors, Mrs. Dana J. Lowd, Mrs. \ William Kronenberger, Mrs. Franklin H. Burr, Mrs. Malcolm I. Fairman, and Mrs. Robert P. Lane. Carl S. Joslyn, president of the Worthington Health Association, reports that an autoclave has been purchased and installed at the Health Center for sterilizing. This purchase, amounting to! $419.76, was made from the capital fund and leaves a balance of $1086.76. Four hundred _ sixtyseven memberships have « been purchased to date toward a goal of six hundred members. The Fayette R. Stevens memorial fund which was established at the annual meeting in August has received contributions amounting to $250. There will be a special business meeting at the First Congregational Church Thursday at 8 to consider the proposed sale of the parsonage and_ appointment of Dr. Harold A. Stone to the Sunday school planning committee as a member-at-large. Following the morning service on Sunday, the Friendship Guild sponsored a coffee hour in the church vestry as a farewell party for Dr. and Mrs. Hollis W. Huston, who left shortly afterwards for Ohio Wesleyan University where Dr. Huston will teach. WORTHINGTON?” that Dr. N. Deming Hoyt, recent- Besides his wife, Mrs. Sarah (Hyde) Merritt, he leaves his at 2 in First Congregational Church with Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, Jr., officiating. Burial will be in Village Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Mansfield funeral home, Haydenville, Thursday and Friday from 2 to » and 7 to 9. Schools in Haydenville and Williamsburg will be closed Friday and high school students will attend the funeral Saturday in a bady. 54, suddenly late Wednesday in Greenfield. He was born in Worthington, son of the late Mr. | and Mrs, Horace S, Cole, and attended the Jocal schools. He was a carpenter by trade. Mr. Cole ly appointed school adjustment counsellor, will be guest speaker. Dr. Hoyt was formerly a professor of psychology at Smith College. His work for the schools of Wiiliamsburg, Westhampton and Worthington is tegarded as a pioneer project and its aim will be the total adjustment of every child. ices Williamsburg mother, Mrs. Jennie Merritt; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Warrington ‘and Mrs, Jennie White, all of Windsor; two brothers, Alfred W. of Windsor and C. William of Hartford; four sons, Richard H. of Farmington, Conn., Robert C. of Williamsburg, G. William of Campbell, Cal., and Lucius A., Jr., of Columbus, S. C.; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Sten of Tilton, N. H., Mrs. Jean L. Corbiers of Woodmont, Conn., Miss Ruth Frances of Pordenone, Italy, and Mrs. Edith M. Anderson of Kittery, Me., and 22 grandchildren. Cole, C. School will hold the first meeting of the current school year on Wednesday evening at 8 in the school. Mrs. Robert J. Lucey, program chairman, announces perintendents Association, the Hampden County Superintendent’s Association the Williamsburg Rotary Club and a former member of Joel Hayden Chapter, and WALDO C. COLE Worthington, Sept. 6—Waldo tion of the Sunday school; a member of the Hampshire-Franklin Su- OES, | Sty Lucius Merritt, " WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON = { Worthington, Sept. 27—Russell| H. Conwell School will be closed} Friday out of respect to Lucius A. Merritt, school superinendent,| who died Wednesday in Cooley} Dickinson Hospital. The teachers) and members of the Schoo]*Com-} mittee will attend thé funeral ‘Saturday at 2 in the First Coneregational Church of Williams-| burg, | Dr. Otto F. Kraushaar, presi-| ident of Goucher College who} jpought the Dr. Ernest Hussar} home here last August for a sum-| mer home, is quoted in the cur-| rent issue of the Reader’s Digest in relation to the early admissions program of the Ford Foundation. : ——______—_—— The Womens’ Benevolent SoTojety held its annual dinner; | Wednesday evening in Goshen | with 40 attending including Miss special a Kilbourne, |Bernice ; guest. ————_—_—— |" The Rod and Gun Club will |hold the second turkey shoot of this year’s series Sunday after- | noon at 2 at the club grounds ou | Christian Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Eddy |} White} the in vacationing are. sister,| Eddy’s_ Mr. Mountains. | Mrs. Gilbert A. Barnhart field is | absence. keeping house of West-| in gees acne SHOE CONCERN HEAD,IS DEAD in linc ls ale ats EUGENE WARD, BET ._ 2, 1956 sin , NOVEMBER Ir �(9p& Artist Honored | Worthington, May 28 — Fred Nagler, prominent Western MasSachusetts artist and a member of the local Palette and Trowel Club, was honored at the annual ceremonial of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Mr. Nagler, who ; Long Illness Fatal to Tax is a summer resident of Huntington, was one of six American artists selected for grants of $1000 each Collector at 58 Age Worthington, June by the National Institute of Arts 28—Fayette . and Reid Stevens, 58, Worthington tax collector since 1947, died this morning in Cooley Dickinson Hosattended local schools ; His and : - Health it was ees organized oe |sisters, Mrs. in oT F be Conn., and Miss of Northampton; officiating. in the Mr. on Cemetery drive. Mrs. chaseade L Carey Jr., Walter Mollison, Mrs. mond, Mrs. Raymond levy, Mrs. C, Kenneth “eRe te Ae Franklin Rd, Ec R. Hal- next to house argal, K. DunOsgood, s ae ne the a paras re ’ . . Bartlett, and r, : delegate ‘ aa i, iucnar Eales ee Mrs. Milton Parish, Mrs. Arthur | hold office hours at the Health ‘Mrs, Herbert N. Haskell and Mrs.| the holiday but he will be here officially ning appointments which may Rolland, Mrs, Bertram B, Leroy Warren. opened on H. The June Rida Center on Wednesday because drive| irecital on June 19 First Congregational this town, 2 WCharles M. at & in Church the | Mr. of| Bartlett of Oyster ar having called joined by daughter’s her home, husband Pines here at her| Hanes ie . at Rindge, N. H. i a Boston June 4—John & Albany ), MASS, THURSDAY, MAY ae L, | { Rail- sons, Harold, who is at Westover Field, stationed ; : | R. Hallowell home has been dug without any. of the fanfare and jeceremony planned. While Mr Hallowell and C. R. Magargal were staking out the house Moning, Zack Donovan day Sue esas is stationed at and George, the who Naval Hos- : pital in Oakland, Cal. Both boys were called home for the funeral in West Springfield on Saturday morning and have been guests| ae passed by. oS aie ee his way ee Pie earch th ing them a ‘a: Re noe e aon here of Mr, and Mrs. Merwin F. dig Packard, Worthington Briefs Warren C. Packard, son of Mr and : Mrs.adbatedMerwinhoor. hiversityand Sunday of ition with sition with ae a has ¢ an in re Philadelphia. married to the , ee _ ae F 0 Pa sched kard, of Rites ee Uivomice ee pee iehe n s Massachusetts accepted a fir firm Packard is : former Florence 1ey they the et ae oe iris oe 2 es announces her home on Buffington Hill Rd., been Naval of Monday morning on <s’ cross-country mo- twin brother, of Air Corps He expects George and ric sa Vin Rae See ten Sa i . cS ai ta Robert a iS Soe nea ease SP i Sel I Christian on Aug. 8 and he the larid has en- Univer eee | E teats iokow. and Mr.| at aianeick “Bnest G.-P haven has rehienaed to his home on River Road from Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Miss Patricia Anne Hillman of Canaan, Conn., a junior at erick J. Hillman of See AGS 2r 8 ey OO and and and a Sencste Smith College, is a guest of her grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Fred- er ain ate: Mus: and . Frank of Springfield Wie. New . Sunday ke A Hallihan INavy rolled in Northeastern BIBY. ot rere opm 5 Briefs The re ele, Richavaomairs june <3, (Geanduarents to the from Torrey. asad of a daughter, Pamela Beth, horn at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on has re-enlisted. discharge the man of Ringville are the parents ae (Barnes his of ee Worthington He SAMUEL “Not since salom ‘stole the the isv —b € time that Ab-/ hearts of the! men of Israel’ from his father, | David, were people promised so much and given so little by irresponsible leaders,’’ declared the millionaire senator from Okla- é homa. 5 a George E. : leet caer, ‘air base in Orlando. George will receive because Nir. nadine for the re- to be assigned Mrs. Ce Cal.,| oe peney discharge from postponed H. Conwell School on Thursday evening at.8 in the town hall. Music will be under the direction they will pick up Harold’s | turn fat ceive is will Graduation Epa Dia- hospital in Oakland, Osgood vaccine Dr. Fred G. Bratton of Springfield Colles Wi bBo theo dora field: College speaker wi ecb jmencement ate , the graduation exercises of the Russell a. te Gnas. Fla., to ane where Program Kenneth polio future at a time to be announced. are Ameri- pa Eectiak Board and have reean Ses o their Re first re centlyBaptishcompleted term of service in India. They left C. ad into pe house after children and pregnant women will receive their vaccine in the near will be the guest speak- slides ‘the Mia iocal measle epidemic. Pre-school ly of Omaha, Nebraska, and now vacationing at Mountain Rest in John Vaccine and three: school. The polio vaccination had |and Mrs. W. R. Hodges, former- mond a thr Mire ead be given to. children attending school whose parents signed consent slips on Thursday at the Thursday evening at 8 when Mr. ers.is Mr. -and 7 ae ies under the eee Selectman 19s will show colored India “Harold Bergin and buathesec Avthucs dren of Leeds will ie former Cederholm Worthington, July 30 — Mrs. DeWitt C. Markham will. be hostess: to the Friendship Guild at Goshen Ono Hdwatd orb ee eos siness there from P1Ss~ Hatoe sBCAlIcN Nip.f Cader divs Ses WORTHINGTON So iF Peapsiiy 4 b iolm who moved his business and family to Bastrop, Texas, last December, is in town for several 3 SES. TITRY WORTHINGTON — ieI July 1. Mr.and Mire Meer, F. Packefa "and Tistahi and George. Bergin wera. in. Amherst ion then - a1 Fe inctan > dune Worthington, June Benen 5—Henry Fh Snyder, Inc., has purchased ro hee e paneer the Car edernoim te Sea ei ae ee d iewill a move¥ Mr, ine foundation Pavchnia. on po- ing’ accounting the there. } 4 WORTHINGTON | The cellarhole for the Norman| road conductor, formerly of this town, died in Springfield at age 67 on May 30. He leaves ‘twin Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood, and Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal were chaperones for a party of 38 HyJanders and Junior Crusaders on|. a trip to the Cathedral in the Llewelyn Rees is re-| her home in Denver 1 been St St. ues /AVorthingto n, July 9—Mr. . Mrs. Joseph W. Sena, Mr. Mrs. Leroy H. Rida, Mr. at her home on Clark Hill several weeks ago by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Archer W. FitzGerald who is now improved, | Mrs. Holt Secor is in Waipole for a week where she will be oa tear ~ WORTHINGTON Mrs. Bertram B, Warten’s class in Antique Decorating will meet Tuesday morning from °9 Col. ‘vill of Rockville, home on Capen ra A. Love of Goshen, New York, have arrived at the Spruces to spend a week lente Gant s a with Mr.-Bart- Mrs. R. furning to be ee ee ete sete ota Dal ‘ turned to Hanae fa a Veterans Hospi "Ol wee .. D Bay, N, Y. and his fiancee, Miss Barba a of on June 6 for afternoon and eve- 1 and) Bergin, the will start : -——_ JOHN J. aunen Worthington, a building lot ter on June 16, C, Raymond Mag- John Dia- J of the to the state convention in Worces- Mrs. ie continue through this month.| Clifton L. Sears of Cumming- | /ton will present his Worthington |piano and accordion pupils in a} , i Chesterfield the pa wag arga. 2. RECT UY eet ae Charles C. Eddy; treasurer, John Nelson: registration, Fayette R. They will be assisted by Donovan, : oo until town hall and elected the following Bddes officers:ate chairman, : : Charles . noey Se ee - sexe sore dint rte‘ etir-| John eres tee met Friday pe Worthington, June 8&—Carl S. Joslyn : id nt of the Worthine , Health. Center, ie a Meu, on GOF Commitios Organizes The Republ Ci t WORTHINGTON ——- ee upon Teacher’s House and Mus. Norman tion on the new within the week. - loeintad eee be acted and it is expected that construc. no calling hours. sees ats - fosth new Souse built tast tell by Weds W. Magargal and Son. A. E. Alrien nee Delt ince of Deine oon a ee them with the deed to this lo jand will be private. There will be 2 he lowell have chosen Burial North sido Resigns ‘resignation pe ce ee Funeral will be Saturday at 2 in First Congregational Church, with Rev. Allen H. Gates of Chesterfield is ut won't Northampton. will were at the morning worship service at First Congregational Church Sunday. Mr, Barber's resigna- and a brother, Walter L. Stevens of of fr yes he St Raymon y of Farmington, Laura Seaeene canvasses 5 Rev. Robert O. Barner was read and Gun Club and the Volunteer Fire Department, and was a director and secretary of the since four Z etterPastor A‘ He was a member of the Rod Worthington in- ‘And Oneyy Withvay a Rope,” ‘Mother wae ” and Child,” nt” “Last Supper,” and eBewiderme hres eae to cethe nl former incaMaude was married Henderson of f Tenafly, Tenafly, N. J., , who moos program most significant religious artists today. the Stevens homestead in Stevens- ville, ae The four ed hispaintings standingwhich as demonstrat. one of the Mr. Stevens, who was born in ov o Letters. cluded an exhibition of the work ‘of the artists honored with grants. Mr. Nagler was represented by ee piof Mie tag health. eh Betas‘ period declining ay $$ WORTHINGTON “ F.R. STEVENS, - WORTHINGTON OFFICIAL, DIES |. WORTHING) y 31, 1956 �Mrs, Rosa M.-Cole | Rosa M, Cole, 88, of 37) ton St., widow of Ethan} 1. Cole died at Springfield Hos-|-pital Sunday afternoon, She was} born Dee, 17, 1867, in Worthing- | ton, the daughter of John E. and| Mary Isabella (Martyn) Wither-| ell, and had lived in Springfield! for the past 60 years. She was a! former member of Memorial} Church and recently a member | of Hope Congregational Church.| HONORED bi, JFIFT¢ Minister Resigns At First Church: Budget Boosted Worthington, June 6 — Mrs. Harry LL.’ Bates presided as moderator at the annual business meeting of First Congregational Clerch Tuesday evening with 44 in attendance. Pastor’s Salary Raised She Gladys made to cepted, 7 following officers were the Church Committee made: moderator, Mrs. was Harry elected after an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Mrs.-Bates from L. Bates;) trustees for three years, Lawrence Mason and /Raymond Magargal: trustee |one year, Mrs. Malcolm C. for I. Fair- jman; clerk, Arthur G,. Capen; ; deacon, Clarence A. G. Pease; treasurer, Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood; benevolence treasurer, Mrs. Charles C. Eddy; auditor, Mrs. Harry W. Mollison; Sunday school superintendent, Mrs. H. Franklin Bartlett; missionary committee, Mrs. Harold E, Brown, Mrs. Lewis Zarr, Mrs, Stanley Mason and Mrs. George H. Bartlett; church committed, Mrs. Harry L. Bates and Mrs. Joseph W. Sena; resolutions committee, Mrs Harry W. Mollison and Mrs. Harlan Creelman; laymen‘s committee, Robert- Bam- forth and Charles GC. Eddy. Musie committee, Miss Jane Tuttle, Mrs. Frank Smith - and Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson; nominating committee, Mrs: Lewis Zarr, Mrs. A. Leland Smith and Mrs - Robert Bamforth; flower committee, Mrs. Franklyn Hitchcock, Mrs. Joseph Landa, Mrs. Harold A. Stone and Mrs. Lawrence Mason; solicitors for the Every Member Canvass, Mrs. Ralph W. Smith, Mrs.. Harold E. Brown, Mrs. Richard G. Hathaway, Bradford Fisk, Herbert N. Haskell, Miss Patricia Magargal, Mrs. Howard W. Mollison, Mrs. Raymond Sears, Mrs. Clifford Tinker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Smith, Mrs. Lawrence Dingmond, Mrs. Chester W. Wronski, and Robert, George and Franklin Bartlett. It was voted that the church eommittee should act as a pas- tcral supply . committee, plus these four additiorial members: Mrs. Stanley Mason, Mrs. C. /Raymond Magargal, Mrs. Rich- lard G. | Bamforth. Hathaway and Robert son, Miss| she) Ashley| lude at 3. Rev, Alison Ray Heaps} of Rockville, Conn., former pas-| A letter of resignation from Rev. Robert O. Barber was ac- “fhe a whom PAUL Paul 8, 8, tor of Memorial Church, will of-| ficiate. Burial will be in the Hill-| crest Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3-5 and 7-9 p. m, TOMPKINS Tompkins, a junior at Berkshire School in Sheffield, has been presented a eup for making the “greatest improvement in track” this year at the school. The Edward McClure Peters, JUNE | Jr., Cup was awarded at the school’s 49th commencement exercises this week . end. Tompkins scored 25 points in the mile and half-mile, including three firsts. Last season, his first year on the track team, psints at all. of Mr. and Tompkins he scored He is Mrs. of “Happy way hit | will star ducers’ 24, 1956. Birthday,’’ comedy by Betty Field Showcase” the the son Allerton Worthington way on Grange last card current series Mr. and Mrs. | 90 in will: the Rd. on Fri- at 8 when the will be awarded refreshments The eighth | at the home of George H. Ridg-| Huntington day evening grand prizes party two and Boys playing. Proceeds from this dance will help to de. fray the expenses of their class trip to Boston which is scheduled for May 4, 5 and 6. Mr, and Mrs. George H. Bartlett and daughter, Caroline, were in Westfield on Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Baritlett’s fa| ther, Jesse E. Kenyon who passed away Friday. Burial will be in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Chest: er at a later date. The third teacher training program for Sunday School] teachers| will be held in Williamsburg this evening at 8 instead of last eve-| ning as previously scheduled, “Creative Activities’ will be the subject of this week's session. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gustafson | and three children of Manchesier, Conn., Mrs. were Warren ton Hill Rd. Miss panied Bartlett State guests Rausch over Marian her and of Mr. L. Bartlett niece, a party Teachers’ and/ of Buffing: | the weekend. Miss | accom- | Caroline| of Westfield| College mates to New York City sightseeing and shopping during the vacation week. class-| on a| trip | frrr4 2H -19E| | Hammerstein. starred in the role Miss Field will play “Happy Birthday” tells the whimsical story of a meek librarian who is smitten with a bank clerk almost totally unaware of her existence. She decides to frequent a bar he visits ‘in hope of seeing him. Liquid ‘refreshment relaxes the young woman sufficiently to rid her of several will be served. grade of the Rus- sell H., Conwell School will sponsor a spring dance Saturday evening at the town hall with the Westfield Loss, on ‘Protomorrow ute program. He also produced and directed ‘‘Bloomer Girl’ and “Dodsworth.” : “Happy Birthday,” was first presented on Oct. 31,.1946, at the Broadhurst Theater in New York no WORTHINGTON Worthington Broad- (NBC-TV, 8-9.30 p. m., Channel 30). Alex Segal will be guest producer-director of the 90-min- by Rodgers and Helen Hayes was hold the Anita life-long inhibitions. Enid Markey will resume the role she created in the stage production. Other stage and TV actors in the show will include Harry Bellaver, Miss Parker McCormick and Harold Vermilyea. SeRuEDEEEicieceee ne I up with A it home; daughter, \ brining her a Cole, ( salary, W, E, Cole of Wethersfield, Conn. 3] a sister, Mrs. Charles Brewster, and a brother, Arthur Witherel, | both of Worthington, The funeral wil be held at the DickinsonStreeter funeral home, Tuesday at 3.30 p, m., with an organ pre- The proposed church budget of $4560 was amended to $4860 to {include a $300 increase in the | pastor's leaves �a OCTOBER 4, a ences ‘ os aman » seeeee —- e ree as | ~ WORTHINGTON, i Ey aEe Harry J. Dame Worthington, Oct. 14 — Mrs. Hilda Esther Landa of this town and Harry Joseph Dame of Hinsdale were married Sunday afternoon jin First Congregational Church with Rev, Allen H. Gates of Chesterfield officiating. Arthur G. Capen was organist. The bride’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Brown of Springfield, were attendants. A small reception followed at |the Yankee Pedlar in Holyoke. Mrs. Dame has been employed ‘for nearly four years at the ,| Strathmore Paper Co. in West Springfield and Mr. Dame is in ,|}business in Hinsdale. Following ,|a trip to Florida, they ‘vill be at home after Nov, 1 on South St. -|in Hinsdale. “!be Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Thayer of River Rd. West Worthington, are receiving the congratulations on the occasion of their 64th wedding anniversary which they observed Sept. 28. They were married in 1892 af celebrated their 59th anniversary by going to the dance at the town hall, ‘not only going, but dancing all evening.” The Thayers are the parents of three daughters; Mrs. Eben L. years. Mr. Ketchen, who at that Shaw and Mrs. Raymond Britt, time served both the. Methodist who share the big rambling homeChurch in South Worthington and stead on River Rd. and Deborah West Worthington, performed the Annie, who died at the age of ceremony and Mrs. Leon Conwell nine, They have two granddaughM. Conwell, who now lives in ters and two great-granddaughWakefield played the wedding ters and one great-grandson. The march. arrival of the latter, little Douglas As a dairy farmer, Mr. Thayer Fisk in the spring of this year, was not too busy to take an active was the first boy born into the, part in both town and church af- family in 88 years, Mr. Thayer fairs and has held various offices himself being the last one and he in both through the years. Mrs. was an only child. Thayer, the former Delena Jones, Within the lifetime of Mr. and! was a school teacher prior to her Mrs. Thayer, six generations of | marriage, teaching in Chester- both sides of their family have field. Active in the town too, she lived in their house and in the| has been a trustee of the First house down the road where Mrs. Congregational Church for 25 Thayer was born and from which years and Sunday School superin- she married the boy next door. tendent also for 25 years. Both On their 64th wedding anniversahave always enjoyed dancing and ry, Mr. Thayer at 88 and his wife regularly attended the Saturday at 82, enjoy good health and are night dances up until Mr. Thayer keenly alert to all that is going was 83 and he relates that they on at home and abroad. the home of the bride. Mr. Thayer recalls that it was the last day of Cummington Fair which he missed that one time for the only time in a period of more than 50 Home Mrs. C. hostess Group Meeting Kenneth Osgood to the Home 23 and in and Middlefield family on at the | Mrs. Helen Bretzner of Huntlington Rd. will be in Northamp|ton this week serving on the |Traverse Jury and Mrs. C. Kenjneth Osgood will be there to lserve | on the Grand Jury. teres See | Worthington, Oct, 22—Mr. and | Mrs, Howard Mollison have re-| celved official notification ‘that they have been selected as the | Grange couple of the year for Massachusetts and that their| names have heen entered in the} national competition. The state Grange has awarded | them a set of encyclopedias. Th first were nominated i the foeet | Grange as the couple who most | exemplified the ideal Grangers, | On the Pomona Grange level, | they were required to subm paper telling of their family, it a| their| farm, and of their activ ities in} the community. From that paper ee : mee neh ict, fina inated Y winn winni i ng from the will Oct. 25 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. is asked to call Mrs. Harry W. Mollison. Worthington Briefs Miss Hilda Landa is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chester W. Wronski for two weeks while her mother is in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Glass of Lynn are spending several days with Mr. and. Mrs. Harry W. 'Mollison | Center. Wife State Grange, Couple for 1956 | oe 1950 RE-ELECTS forthington, Oct. 15 —At t | nual meeting of the Worthingans Golf Club Saturday evening at the clubhouse, A, Verne Flint Was re-elected president, Merwi n| F, Packard and A. V. Sturtevant! j are to be vice-president and sec-| retar y-treasurer Elected jthe directors officers in are: respectively. addition H. Snyder Stone, and n Dp Rausch, a os Henry rear A, — SS Mrs, Leroy H. Rida, president Be the Women’s Benevolent Soclety, reports that more than 220 Persons were served at the annual harvest supper in the Town | Hall Saturday evening, giving the Socie (the ty a net profit of parsonage building the School. $160 for fund, + Mrs. John N. Diamond, president of the Friendship Guild, announces that the home mission Project this year is to be a collection of articles for} the Savery Library of Talladega Colle ge, an Interracial school in Alabama. She requests that members and friends of the Guild contribute |’ children’s books, pictures, records, crayons, toys, puzzles, games and dolls tobe used in the teacher-training program of These items should Bob Baldwin of |Northampton, and Arthur charme, Jr., Jim Corbett, Granger and Zack Donovan town. The next shoot will be py obet 21 at 2 in Christia n ei a io| G. Gas-| jton, Dana J. Dowd, Cecil Roy W. Ma. Cann, W. Warre | of Williamsburg, a - FLINT Nov ne i a the next meeting Nov. 1 at the home P arlan Creelman. ace imners in the Rod and G turkey shoot Sunday at es i | cluded Tony Coputo and C. Week el this state Demon- .|stvation Group Wednesday eves|ning at 7.30 at her home on .|Chesterfield Rd. Miss Betty Thayer of the Northampton office will lead the meeting on the jsubject, “Meat in your meals.” Anyone interested in attending ‘la leadership training class on “making entertainment easy’ to ‘lbe conducted in Williamsburg on Oct. ee Worthington Man, | Mrs. Landa Weds Dee DuK of held Hol- | ee �Ra, bait nw Cee.dy te \U- a [a4 1 i, 195° & a a t ccermencernemee �Rowe. - Fite Le $-fritie, a) ia poke rhe Orr 1 195%. �FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1956 New Principal Welcomed Miss Helen M. Fletcher, new Memorial School principal, was welcomed by the PTA last night at a reception at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marion are copresidents of the parentteachers’ group. Miss Fletcher formerly was Armory School principal. “Sir heceaun Amberst” "Welcomed by Washington PTA for Mrs. Chase Le | PTA Jelfery | , | | Mrs. Rose H. Chase, new Armory Street School principal, center, Was honored by the PTA at a reception last night at the school. Mrs. Philip Gootzit, left, is PTA president. Chairman of the reception was Mrs. John Shonak. Transferred to Armory Street School as of September, Mrs. Chase formerly was principal of Eastern Avenue and School Street Schools, School, principal of Washington Miss Eleanor Sutcliffe, new was honored by the school PTA Monday. More than 250 people attended and presented Miss Sutcliffe a “welcome” cake. left, co-ordinator of R. Smith, Looking on are Dr. Rolland mathematics in Springfield publie schools. and Murray Underwood, president of the PTA. �THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFI Bergs Have Music Wherever They Go Springfield is losing a “real cool combo” when the famity of le and Mrs. a in the near future. Mr. Berg has resigned as music director of pumaetiold ae vols ilar position in Yonkers, N. Y. The family musical group, led by ep Berg, oi right, | Robert, Mrs. Mrs. six; Herman Julia A. Kris, 12; W. Kuralt Charles, (Cyphar) Kuralt, jof 40 Clifton Ave. died at her ‘ior Thursday night. Born in) Litchfield, Conn., she had lived jin Springfield for the past 60 | years. She attended First | Congregational Church, Court Square. Besides her husband, |Herman W. Kuralt, she leaves |t{wo daughters, Mrs. Bertha A. |Macdonald of Springfield and | Mrs. Doris Lowe of Whippany, |N. J.; a brother, Harry L. of Worcester; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchil- jdren. The funeral will he held at | Byron’s funeral home Monday at |1.30 p. m. Rey. Herbert E. Loom- lis will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home to-| | day [ot and Sunday from 2 to 4 9 pom Fay, 9.1957 | 14; Stephen, 10. and of the group. Diana, eight. Mrs. Berg ae; oS a He 2 . ine z oe is the �Dae. 20. 18> S Observe a JANUARY 21, 1957 BRIDE-TO-BE Patricia Magargal Golden. Anniversary Engaged to Wed | “ Plans Spring Marriage to James J. Hoey Mr. and Mrs. Wells W. Magar. gal of Worthington announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to James J. Hoey lof Woronoco, son of Mrs. Catherine Hoey of Armory St., Springfield. | Miss Magargal is a graduate | of Huntington High School, class |of 1950 and is employed as a stenographer-typist in the missile and ordnance systems «department of General Electric —Co., Pittsfield. Mr. Hoey, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John F., Doyle of Woronoco, is also a graduate of Huntington High School and has served with the Armed Forces, He is employed by Strathmore Paper Co, in Woronoco. A spring wedding (Kanter is planned.| Photo) MISS PATRICIA MAGARGAL Of Worthington, gagement whose to James announced, J, Hoey en- is Safer Driving His Dream Mr. and Mrs. Arthur anniversary Thursday H. Pomeroy observed their golden wedding at their home on Chesterfield Rd, Worth- ington. Mrs. Pomeroy was the former Luella May Cooley of Belchertown and they were married on December 27, 1906, in the Baptist parsonage in Agawam by Rey. Daniel Lyman. They lived Mr. Pameroy tres in that peddled 8 town milk where]keeps é and en busy in season with his and a i 2 eir seven children, Mrs. Ar- raised tobacco until 192L when] o.. Haskell of Pittsfield. Harold they bought the Jones Farm on| of Woronoco, Mrs. Holton Shaw Christian Hollow Rd. There they!of Ludlow, Fred D. of Hinsdale, ran a dairy farm and carried on{and’ Mrs. Philip Tetreault, Mrs. a large maple sugar and syrup} Michael Connors and Karl, all of operation until 1952 when they re-: Springfield will honor their partired, selling the farm to Mr. andjents at a reception to which the Mrs. Paul B. Fowler. Thereupon,|townspeople are invited on Sunthey built a cottage near the cen-|day afternoon from 2 until 5 in ter of town where they enjoy the! Worthington Town Hall. Besides ‘goings and comings of their! their seven children, they have 11 jneighbors and where Mr. Pom-!grandchildren and three great| eroy, whois an expert gardener, grandchildren. 195 | WORTHINGTON ’s the Truth Worthington, Dec. 13 — Betsy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn W. Hitchcock, voiced the feelings of many folks recently when she said, “Goodness, mother, Christmas is almost here and there’s no place to put if.’ Es | | With ton, The car, safer driving as his dream, George above, deicer which snow displays his invention consists of a switch, when flipped sends and sleet sticking the Humphrey Humphrey of Worthing- E-Z Deicer. attached to the dashboard of a an electric current that melts to the windshield wiper. �{797 WORTHINGTON. 23 — The Jan. Worthington, Worthington basketball team will the play a Cummington team in school gym of that town on Thurs day evening at 7.45. Dale Hitchcock reports that the Sonny Beavers all boy 4-H_ cook-; at the! ine club met this week d| home of co-leader, Mrs. Donal | T, Thompson on Witt Road and and) bread corn demonstrated SIX: were There -aisin muffins. | : 1embers present. n} o The cover of the Worthingto bears aj this year town report n} picture of the local fire statio |; in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire De-|' |? partment. The picture was taken by Miss Elsie V. Bartlett. The d | town reports are being printe ard will be ready for distribution |' : shortly. SEL WORTHINGTON 2 | 195 & Worthington, Jan, 6—Mr. and} |Mrs, John T. Ames will leave on] | Tuesda y to spend the winter in} \Florida, stopping overnight | . 2 a r | the way in/ Haddonfield, N, lwith Miss Margaret Vaughn. Worthington, Nov. 11—Mr. and \Mrs. Norman R. Hallowell invite jall who are helping to make their on J., Mr.} a reality to Inew home evening Monday ithem |Maurice Laurin of Pittsfield, a8 iAmes is retiring after being] learetaker for Miss Vaughn at her| lhome here on Old North Rd. for} lthe past 15 years. Mr. and Mrs.} 2 front son-| in-law and daughter of Mr. andj iMrs. Ames, will move here today} |to take over caretaking} Pew: 7 a 3 a, % 2ev. and Mrs. Edward H. Newcomb will observe their 64th we }ding anniversary on Jan, 12 at \t the. home of the * son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, lren Rausch of IBuff iRd. |hold Mr. open and Mrs. house in. R W. WatrHill will th honor lon that day. = Benevolent Women’s | The lciety will meet on Wednesday at \11 at the home of Mrs. Clarence \A. G, Pease on Old Norta Rd. | The Parent Teacher Organizations of the R Conwell \School will n 1ee > school | Wednesday eveni | Mrs, pathes Hollow crest The Ernest to her Fairman homie following Hospital Spicy in has surgery at Pittsfield. Beavers } Christian} in 4-H Hill-} Club| | met at the home of Mrs. Herbert| {Hoag-in West Worthington on Fri- |day aiternoon and made brownies| |which they served with chocolate} panics | 195 (p WORTHINGTON | Worthington, Dec, 30—The hall was the scene Friday ning of the Hylanders’ town| eve- Sno-Ball| which was well attended. The srand march was led by Hylandcr president Robert Speiss and Miss Judith Diamond and Dick Duda’s orchestra played. | igh for a pie from it of the \ at the Chesterfield Rd. celebrate the closing-in the building. jom at with dusk house stage to of �| 5 ee, Curtis, 77, of 112 at his home. He was born in Worthington, July 21, 1879 the son of Alden B. and Emily (Noble) Curtis and lived in this city since 1911. Mr. Curtis was a graduate} of Williston Academy in the class! of 1896 and attended Amherst! College for two terms, -He was employed by Baker Ex- tract Co. for 35 years until his} retirement in 1951. He was a| member of Hope Congregational, Church and a former member of! Memorial Church. Besides his wife, Mrs. Florence (Damon) Curtis, he leaves a brother, Alden Noble Curtis. of} East Longmeadow, and cousins. The funeral will at Dickinson-Streeter home, Tuesday several| be held funeral at 1:30 p. m. with @n organ prelude at 1. Dr. neth Clinton, pastor of Hope KenCon- gregational Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Springfield achievement the .Massachu-| ing this week. Mr. Albert was ac- companied to Worcester by his wile, Joseph W. Sena who is the aistrict supervisor of soil conservation, and Mrs, Sena. Rev. Bruce Dahtherg of Smith Ci llege will preach the sermon jat the First Congregational | Church Sunday at 11 and the church school classes will also meet at that hour. | Mrs. Zack Donovan will be |hestess to the Home Demonstraticn group at her home on Chesterfield Road Wednesday evening, at 8 when Mrs, David Arnold, assogiate home demonstration agent for the Hampshire Ccunty extension service will be present to discuss ‘‘Non-eleciricai | equipment.’’ All homemakers are invited Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. In lieu of flowers, by setts Department of Agriculture The presentation was made at the Worcester Agricultural meet- to attend these meetings which are held on the third Wednesday evening of each menth in the various homes, The Womens’ Benevolent Society will serve the dinner at memorial contributions may be mailed to the Massachusetts Heart Fund, 26 Vernon St, /iown Their meeting on February 4. recent gift to the Sunday school has been used to purchase ae ny! q | classroom table. A word has been received of the ‘|\ceath 7 Se WORTHINGTON Worthington, Dec, 29 TownsPeople are invited to meet: at the Corners Christmas Eve at 7 for the annual community carol sing for shut-ins. More than 25 years ago carolling was organized’ here | by the late Mrs, Guy F. Bart lett hee’ fs at that time chairman}. oreommitie the Gran e, ge g communi unity service ic he Lazy at the home Beavers 4-H club of their ide : ne Charles P: of Christmas candies which they will send to the patients at the Northampton State Hospital. Mr. and Mrs, Charles M, Bart- C. Eddy, and demonstrated lett, of arrived on Thursday severa] kinds Oyster Bay, New York, at The Spruces. on Wednesday and left on Thursday accompanied by Mr, Bartlett's ; father, Guy F, Bartlett, for Augusta, Me., to visit the Horace E. Bell family. They will return on Christmas Eve for the holiday which will include besides the traditional dinner at noon, a buf- fet on Christmas night for 40 members of the Bartlett family; with Miss Marian L. Bartlett as hostess. , Funeral services for Arthur FE, | Lane, father of Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett of this town, who died suddenly Thursday in Northamp‘ton was held at the R. D. Newell and Son funeral home in that city Saturday at 2 with an organ prelude at 1.30. Rev. David Coleman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated and burial ‘was in Spring Grove Cemetery ‘there, of Dr, William R. Lyman in Dowagiac, Michigan. Dr. Lyman practiced medicine :n this iown from 1906 until 1918 when ne moved to Chester. He is survived by ‘his wife and two scns, Alan and William. While he lived here, he was active in town affairs and together with the late Horace Cole and the Rev. John D. Willard organized the Worthington Fire District. |! gr CUMMINGTON ae CHARLES 1956 0. WILLIAMS Cummington, Dee, 30—Charles O. Williams, 84, died this morning at a nursing home jn Chesterfield after a long illness. He was born in Bedford N. ¥. September 24, 1892, son of Isaac D. and Sara Waterbury Williams. For several years he lived in Long: ridge, Conn., moving to Cummington in 1906, He was a member of Bashjpn Hill Council Royal Arcanum and was a memper of Worthington Grange for | 29 years. He was also a mem| ber of the Worthington Congre|gational Church. He leaves his ‘wife, the former Florence M. Brown; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Torter of . Westfield; four grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Worthington Congregational Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 with Rev. Allen Gates of Chesterfield officiating. Burial will be in Dawes Ceme: tery, Cummington, There will be no Visiting hours. Worthington, Jan. 4 — The morning worship service at First Congregational Church Sunday at 11 will include the ordinance of communion with Rev. Bruce Dahlberg of’ Smith College officiating. Church School classes will meet also at 11. The annual reports of all town officials must be turned in to the clerk of the Board of Selectmen, C. Kenneth Osgood. no later than Jan. 12. All articles to go 'on the warrant for consideration at town meeting on February 4 must be in the hands of the selectmen ‘by January 15, but to be printed in the town report, such articles must reach the selectmen by Jan,. 12. The last opportunity for new}. voters to register before town meeting will be on Jan. 15 from noon until 10 p. m. at the home}, of nee clerk Wells W. Magar| his daughter, Mrs. Anthony and three Porter Drake, widow Pa- grand- of ‘the late Year’s Day. WORTHINGTON Beebe Is Named ' By Rod, Gun Club | | Worthington, Jan, 8—At a meet-| ing of the Rod and Gun Club the following officers were electBeebe;| \ Howard president, ed: Liimatain-| Reino vice-president, en; secretary, Robert T. Bartlett, | Farber. and treasurer, Harman The club will purchase 1000 sixinch brook trout which will be matched by the state for stockElections| streams, local ing henceforth will be held in Novem-| ber, the officers taking office in January, Rd. She Joel Chapter, lia attended schoo] in what is now the Grange Hall, then a comparatively new building. Dec. 6, 1887, she married Sidney F, Packard of Goshen, a farmer, and went to that town to live. In 1920 the family moved to Williamsburg, where Mr. Packard owned ‘and operated a meat market for several years. Since his death in August, 1936, ishe spent much of her time with her children as long as her health permitted, She was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Woman’s Union and, as Jong as she was able, assisted at its weekly sewing meetings, She was also a member of Hayden OES, Mrs. Packard had six children. One son, Earl, of Westfield died in 1952, She leaves one daughter, Mrs, Murray Graves of South St.; four sons, Harold K. of Nash St., Merwin F.. of Worthington, Roy H. '|day at 2, Rey. Arthur A. Rouner, Jr., officiating and burial will be in Village Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of R. D. Newel! & Son of Northampton and friends may call at the funeral home Monday and Tuesday| from 7 to 9. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. Car} Rustemeyer for the First Congregational Church Memorial Building Fund. Anson Drake of Highland St., was held in the Ringville Ceme- tery here on New Chesterfield of Westfield, and Leslie H. of Goshen; one brother, Walter For\lsyth of West Springfield; 13 *|)grandchildren, 20 great-grandchil‘|}dren and several nieces and nephews. ‘| Funeral will be in the First ‘Congregational Church Wednes- sons of Westfield. Burial followed in the Dawes Cemetery in Cummington, mney The interment service for Mrs. Katie lag Aas dat town died Sunday night in a nursing home in Northampton, where she had been for the past two years. A native of this town, she was born on Feb. 24, 1868, daughter. of Andrew H. and Aurelia (Upton) Forsyth, who lived on ecki of Harvey Road. . : The funeral service for Charles O. Williams was held at the First Congregational Church Wednesday with the Rev. Allen H. Gates of Chesterfield officiating. ._Bearers were Gurney W. Skelton easly se Williamsburg, Nov, 26 — Mrs. Harriet (Forsyth) Packard of this gal. Worthington Grange will meet Tuesday evening at 8 in the town hall when Edward L. Raab of the Genera] Electric Company in Pittsfield will speak on ‘No insulation, no toast.’’ Mr.-and Mrs. Walter Mollison. and Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Clapp are in charge of refreshments. High score prizes for the series of card parties just ended went to Russell Borst and Mrs. Vera Parish. The latter’s prize was donated by the Haskell Insurance Agency of town. Then he shaved it all off on | the coldest day of the year! That is what Emerson J. Davis, custodian of the town hall did to the luxuriant beard which he- has been grooming since back in October. Mrs. Leighton A. Kneller who has been at New England Center Hospital for observation has returned to her home. ‘ Eli Dagenais who has been a patient at Cooley Dickinson Hose pital for the past severe? weeks has returned to the home of ha, esc WORTHINGTON, yin Noble Worthington, Jan. 11—Bernard | M. Albert of Huntington Rd., loca’ potato grower, has won the Hampshire County soi] conservaticn award for this year given m recognition e@f excellence in agricultural practices and i tt Elmer Dorset St. died Sunday afternoon WORTHINGTON I] ~ WILLIAMSBURG HARRIET PACKARD, WILLIAMSBURG, DIES R bod bale ahs cote! hits FA pte mt Worked 35 Years | For Extract Firm H- 14579 A tetk ElmerN. Curtis : , oo [Sev now, 19: 145% . �igre Meyner to Wed Helen Stevenson, Educator’s Daughter, in January | i By EDITH EVANS ASBURY ? TRENTON, Nov. 8—Gov. Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey and Miss Helen Stevenson, a daughter of the president of Oberlin College, today revealed plans to get married “some time in January.’ The hand-? some, 48-year-old Governor and blue-eyed, brunette Miss Stevenson, who is 28, held a’ press conference in Mr. Meyner’s bachelor suite at the} Hildebrecht Hotel. A few} hours earlier, Miss Stevenson’s| parents, Dr. and Mrs. William E. Stevenson, had announced the engagement at Oberlin, | Ohio. | The young couple sat side by jside on a sofa. Miss Siveeean.| a distant cousin of Adlai E. Ste-| venson, did most of the talking. The Governor beamed with admiration as she parried ques-| tions. Miss Stevenson revealed that! they became engaged during the’ Democratic National Convention in Chicago last August. Both have been too busy campaigning for the Democrats, she said, to make an announcement. Since last November, Miss Stevenson has been working with Volunteers for Stevenson in New York, where she lives, They found time to go to Oberlin for a week-end during which Governor Meyner asked her father for her hand, Miss Stevenson said. And three weeks} ago she wrote Adlai Stevenson, informing him of the engage-| ment. | “He was pleased,’ she re-| ported, adding that he “will cer-| tainly be invited” to the wed-) ding. | | Her father has been mentioned jas a possible ‘Harold W. successor Dodds, retire as president a classmate of is Dr. to of Princeton| University next year. alumnus of Princeton, jwas to who He is an) where he Adlai Stev- /enson. After their marriage, Governor Meyner and his bride will live at Princeton, an the estate late given Gov. wkere to the Walter E. Morven,! state Edge, Stevenson, who was born York, is a graduate Gov. Robert B. Meyner and Miss Helen Stevepson in Trenton yesterday as they told of engagement. Miss Stevenson is a relative of Adial FE. Stevenson. is Princeton Theological Seminary. | Miss Associated Press Wirephoto IN JANUARY? by| being made ready as the Governor’s mansion. i Miss Stevenson is no stranger’ to Morven. As a little girl, she) visited there when it was occu-| jpied by her grandparents. Her| father’s father, the late J. Ross| Stevenson, was then president of’ in New TO WED of| Colorado College. She served with the Red Cross in Korea. A small church wedding in |Oberlin is planned. Gov. Meyner, Miss Stevenson to Wed Trenton, N. J., Nov. 8 (INS)— Helen Stevenson and Gov. Robert Meyner of New Jersey announced their engagement said they and today said it has been delayed because they were “too busy campaigning” for her cousin, Adlai Stevenson. Meyner, 48, and his bride-to-be met newsmen in a suite at the they where Hildebrecht Hotel planned to be married attractive The her cousin, Adlai, said brunette will be invited “some ito the | either College time January.” in ceremony, in the or at which chapel the First at will be Oberlin Congrega- | tional Church, Oberlin,.O. Her fa- Stevenson, E. William ither, |president of the college. is �spon pld Met e cle Drought Worst/®77 ‘GiantFrom’ MaOldrks totheCy New Texas WORTHINGTON In Century Osgood Renamed Dust Bowl Area As Fire Chief elected as C. Kenneth Osgood chief for the eleventh year, Other officers elected are: assistant chief, Harold E. Brown; eaptain, H. Franklin Bartlett; first Neutenant, Edward Porter; second lieutenant, Howard Pease; secretary, Arthur Ducharme Sr.; and_ treasurer, Cullen S. Packard. Refreshments were served by Arthur Ducharme Jr. and Kenneth Granger. | Frigid temperatures were re‘ported from all over town Tuesday ranging all the way to a low of 34 degrees below at Walter Mollison’s on Huntington Rd, It was somewhat warmer on the high lands, temperatures had ‘|of and around at 4, ' has Word and now at Mrs. their ’round ‘Both ‘boys’ in Florida NE into Beach. Among received Ernest August moved |Miami been home last 1270 here and from Hussar_who on to Ridge live year that they have their 158th new home St. in North the articles on the war extending Rd. much confusion Among name, are suggested “vale Rd. from have over the changes other John to return to its original name Se ...... Blizabeth Taylor Bick Benedict + Rock Hudson Jett Rink ....... ». James Dean Vashti Snythe .. Jane Withers Uncle Bawley .. - Chill Wills Luz Benedict ... Mercedes McCambridge Luz: Benedict IT ........ Carroll Baker Jordan Benedict III ... Dennis Hopper Mrs, Horace Lynnton ... Judith Evelyn Dr. Horace Lynnton ...... Paul Pix Bob Dace G9 09. b8 viene b'@ Bary Pinky Snythe ....)...... Old - Polo Angel Obregon IIT Judy Benedict aan WAitoside 1.0 vies acne Robert of | These crises are not in them-| selves of the stuff of tragedy, but’ of common their experience spectacular taking on differences| from the accident of sudden! wealth—such as the splurgy open- ing of Rink’s hotel and his drunk- en inability to make the dedication speech at the banquet. Through the changing tides of Holliman Nichols » Scourby ‘ Sal Mineo Kran Bennett Charles Watts moves the towering Rock Hudson, a man of simple tastes, faithful ‘to his trust as husband, father) By LOUISE MACE and a son of Texas. It is a Moviegoers who never got natural, full-blooded portrait of around to Edna Ferber’s novel, a man of few complexities and “Giant,” are not likely to feel stout loyalties. Elizabeth Taylor less well acquainted than readers as his wife is first the lively, imTUANA .. 0... sr ecevecesesee Lacey 45 five-year | averaged their Lynnton Hla Cardenas ........¢ Carolyn Craig with the family of wealthy Texas cattleman Bick Benedict in plains that sprout oil wells than grass and trees, Hardy and Proud It petuous. bride, the gentle and thoughtful young mother and later the mature woman who manages life with dignity and wisdom. ‘It is a splendid performance which director Stevens coaxed \from her. is a vivid and faster dimensional The ‘sullen sereen late James Dean as Rink comes from as a young Man whose the the un- sureness of self is a heritage that neither wealth nor the years can successfully disguise. Instead, it jis translated into outer show and jarrogance. This gifted actor got picture of a hardy people diverted from their inherited means of livelihood when the roar of gushinto his role completely, Other ers drowns the thunder of hoofs. And so it is with Bick Benedict ‘players who stand out are Chill (possessor of 525,000 acres) who Wills as the mellow Uncle Bawley, Mercedes McCambridge in brings his Maryland born, highher few appearances as Bick’s {spirited bride to his vast and | gloomy family home, that stands ‘competent, leather-minded sister, and Jane Withers as the hearty a stark sentinel between dusty |earth and endless sky, to be car- jneighbor Vashti -who takes oil ried: through some 30 years dis- |blown profits with huge enjoyment, turbed, and sometimes angered, Director Stevens listened knowby big and little incidents. The big*one is continuous—the lingly to the heart of Texas and recorded its new and fabulous ‘\instinetive animosity between Bick and a young ranch hand, beat with feeling for the old Texas | Jett Rink, who covets Bick’s wife as well. During the three hours and 18 minutes it takes to tell and never conquers his jealousy and envy of Bick’s money and the story of ‘‘Giant,’’ audiences station in life. When land become to understand and like a) queathed Rink by Bick’s sister proud, indomitable family. | brings in oil, gusher after gusher, the |Bashan Hill Rd, and to exchange the signs presently located at the lower ends of Witt Rd, and Old ‘| Main Rd, which were placed in error, land { and their life on the gaunt Texas], | ‘Corners to the Chesterfield town line to Old Post Rd. Inasmuch as this road is no longer the main there has to Chesterfield, line keen grazing Benedict GAST George Stevens directed production, opening yesterday at the Capitol, is an inclusive account of three generations of Benedicts at town rant to be considered ‘meeting on Feb. 4 is one to see jif the voters will accept the report and recommendations of the committee which |street naming lwas appointed at the last town One important change imeeting. suggest is to will they | which | change the name of Old Chester- field Leslie THE Warner Bros. screen version. This girls’ teams will play Cummingiton teams in that town Friday jevening at 7.30. sold in Audiences Close to a Proud Family Green. ‘ernoon Rd. rainfall only 50 to 75 per cent of normally expected rainfall. The girls’ basketball team of the Russell -H. Conwell School will play a team at the Kittredge |School in Hinsdale Thursday aft- \Dr. below-normal the last 60 months. Throughout this same Edna Ferber’s Filmed Novel at the Capitol Brings “period, millions of acres of farm 25 below being reported in the village. The Off Notes will sponsor ane .other dance Saturday evening at the town hall for the benefit of the local Grange, . There will be a cash door prize. Last week's door prize was. given to Miss Dorothy | Washington, Jan. 11 (2)—Presi-} dent Eisenhower. will view the worst drought conditions in 100 years in some areas of his sixstate inspection trip, the Weather Bureau reported today. | The bureau issued a special edition of its weekly weather and crop bulletin analyzing the dust} bowl conditions in great portions of the country west of the Mississippi, River. The President’s plane-and-motor trip, starting Sunday and ending Tuesday night, will take ‘thim to Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona,| New Mexico, Kansas and Colo‘trado. Large areas in these states, the Weather Bureau said, have Worthington, Jan. 16—Meeting at the fire station Monday evening, the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment in | one ambition is realized, to avail | him little in inner satisfaction. | Adapters Fred Guiol and Ivan | Moffat have reached as far as it |is cinematically possible toward} |the core of Miss ;}one not equipped Ferber’s study |of the effect of sudden riches on | by nature or background to handle them wisely; on those whose already substantial wealth, while fattened, cannot dispossess them of intrinsic character. Bick and his wife stand true to themselves and their traditions, caught off balance only a little when their son marries a Mexican girl studying, as he is, medicine. And they accept their darkskinned grandson with growing af- | fection. They wait patiently and with rare wisdom for that mo-| ment when their older daughter| must experience the inevitable | disillusionment of her silly at-| tachment for the now ing money-laden Rink. swagger-! �pow 25, 1957 Second Potato Storage Owned By Sena Damaged In Worthington Blaze WORTHINGTONA fire in a po- ed to have started around the| tato warehouse Friday night at smoke pipe from a wood burning Hickory Hill Farm owned by Mr. stove used to heat the warehouse. and Mrs. Joseph W. Sena caused The building which was conseveral thousand dollars damage. structed last fall, replaced one deThe fire was discovered shortly af- stroyed by fire early last year. ter 8 by Mrs. Sena’s father, Hax- | About 3,000 100-pound bags of poold Clark, who lives nearly. He no- tatoes were in the warehouse and ticed flames shooting out of a damage to them is still undeter-. ventilator in the warehouse. mined. The volunteer fire department, Mr. and Mrs. Sena were away at under the direction of Chief C. Ken- the time, attending a meeting in neth Osgood, responded promptly Springfield. and was on the scene for several se meso hours .Water was furnished by the| fire department tank truck as there Was no appreciable supply on the premises. An insulation type of siding, used in the construction of the warehouse, helped to prevent the spread of the fire, which is believ- Kneis Vout Heirlooms Cane Armchair in America Was Made in New England By THOMAS ORMSBEE About 1700 an elaborate and very uncomfortable highback chair began to appear in the more opulent American homes along the Atlantic seaboard. Sometimes called a Restoration chair because it was one of the new furniture ideas brought from Holland by Charles II when he returned to England in 1660 after the unhappy Cromwellian dictatorship, the first Englishmade examples arrived here in|* the 1680s, Very Ornate imported chairs were of]. and often very ornate These walnut with their elaborately carved backs, front legs and stretchers. A new touch also was the use of cane for seat and panel of the high back. A product of the Ma- lay Islands, this stripped bark of rattan had been discovered and brought to Europe by Portuguese navigators a century and a half before, One of the imported chairs, still in existence, is known as the William Penn chair because reputed to have been brought from England in 1699 by this eminent Quaker on his second trip to his Pennsylvania colony. Its narrow cane back panel is framed earving by handsome openwork and surmounted by an openwork cresting of C-scrolls, such as one finds on mirror frames in the later Chippendale period. There is also a matching openwork carved front stretcher, A beautiful chair, more ‘for ornament than hard use, Ameriean cabinetmakers received a fair number of orders for one or more from wealthy colonists. As usual the. order included a request that the piece be in keeping with the social and economic station of its owner but somewhat plainer as to decorative detail. The result, in New England at least, was a chair much like the one illustrated. It followed the outlines of the Penn and other imported chairs but carv- ing was apt to be limited to the cresting above the caned panel and sometimes on the _ front Stretcher. Otherwise turnings prevailed with vase, baJuster and urn shapes the usual motifs. The The New England Cane armchair dates between 1700 and 1720 and is typical of the simpler type made in Ameriea during these years. Originally painted, wood is probably .maple or fruit wood. Note carved cresting of back and Flemish serolled front feet. arms were simple downward cyma curves, flaring slightly outward, like those on the chair shown here, This chair is one of the plainer American-made examples and dates about 1710. Back uprights. and cane framings are plain! with grooving. Front stretcher is turned as are the other parts. It is, in fact, similar to a maple chair of Massachusetts proynance, once owne dby John Hancock. The latter chair now has upholstery instead of the usual cane seat and back, a detail often occurring where material as perishable as cane was used, Plain or elaborate, only a limited number of these chairs were made between 1690 and 1720, the years in which they were in fa-; \ vor, They were expensive show pieces and were treated accordingly. That is why a few of them are still around and are still expensive. | { �T9ST. ® - We Text of President’s Inaugural Address Washington, Jan, 21 (P — Following is the prepared text of | President Eisenhower’s second inaugural address today: THE PRICE OF PEACE We meet again, as upon a like moment four “years ago, and }again you have witnessed my sol}emn oath of service to you. | I, too, am a witness, today testi- \fying in your name to the ciples and purposes to which }as a people, are pledged. Before all else, we seek, prinwe, upon) our common labor as a_ nation, the favor of almighty God, And ‘|the hopes in our hearts fashion '|the deepest prayers of our people. May we pursue the right—~ without self-righteousness. May we know unity—without conformity, May we grow in strength— without pride of self, May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. And so shall America—in recognize and accept our] — _ So we voice our hope and — deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere. We are accordingly pledged to honor, and to strive to fortify, the authority of the United Nations. For in that ‘body rests the best hope of our ,age for the assertion of that law 'by which alj nations may live in The designs of that power, dark| i dignity. : And beyond this general rein purpose, are clear in practice.) solve, we are called to act a It strives to seal forever the fate) of those it has enslaved, responsible role in the world’s great concerns or conflicts— whether they touch upon the affairs of a vast regton, the fate of an island in the Pacific, or the use of a canal in the Middle East, Only in respecting the hopes and cultures of others will we practice the equality of alj nations. Only as we show willingness and wisdom in giving counsel—in receiving counsel It} strives to’ break the ties that unite| the free. And it strives to capture—to exploit for its own greater power—al] forces of change in | the world, especially the needs of the hungry and the hopes of the} oppressed. Yet the world of interna~ | tional communism has itself heen shaken bv a fierce and mighty force; the readiness of men who love freedom to pledge their lives to that love. Through the night of —and in sharing burdens, will we wisely perform the work ot peace. For one truth must rule all we think and al] we do.» No people ean live to itself alone. The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense. The economic need of all nations—in.mutual dependence — makes. isolation an impossibility; not even America’s prosperity could long survive if other nations did not also. prosper. No nation can longer be a fortress, lone and strong and safe, And any people, seeking such shelter for themselves, can now build only their prison, their bondage, the unconquerable will of heroes has struck with lightning, Budapest is no longer merely the name of a city; henceforth it is a new and shining symbol of man’s yearning to be free, Thus across al} the globe there) harshly blow the winds of change. And we—though fortunate be our lot—know that we can never turn the} our back to them. iit. We look upon this shaken earth, |) and we declare our firm and people in all this time of trial fixed purpose—the building of a peace with justice in a world through which we pass. where moral law prevails. i. Iv. The building of such a peace}) We live in a land of plenty, but Our pledge to these principles is a bold and solemn purpose., To rarely has this earth known such proclaim it is easy. To serve it is constant, because we believe| peril as today. in their rightness. \ +; In our nation work and wealth will be hard, And to attain it, we We do not fear this world of must be aware of its full mean‘jabound. Our population grows. change. America is no stranger | ing—and ready to pay its full -|Commerce erowds our rivers and j to much of its spirit. Everywhere | i}rails, our skies, harbors and price, We know clearly what we seek, | we see the seeds of the same} ‘|highways. Our soil is fertile, our growth that America itself has| _jagriculture productive, The, air and why. We seek peace, knowing—as all known. The American experiment| _|Yings with the song of our indusknown—that has, for generations, -fired the| try—rolling mills and blast fur- ages of man-have passion and the courage of mil | naces, dynamos, dams and as- peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we lions elsewhere seeking freedom, sembly lines—the chorus of Amerseek it because we have been equality and opportunity. And the ica the bountiful. American story of material progThis is our home—yet this is warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the ress has helped excite the longing | not the whole of our world. For of all needy peoples for some’ our world is where our full des- only climate possible for human life itself. satisfaction of their human wants, |tiny lies—with men, of all peoples Yet this peace we seek canThese hopes that we have helped and all nations, who are or would not be born of fear alone; it | to inspire, We can help to fulfill. be free. And for them—and so for must be rooted in the lives of | In this .confidente, we speak, us—this is no time of ease or} nations. There must be jusplainly to all peoples. rest. tice, sensed and shared by all We cherish our friendship with| In too much of the earth peoples, for, without justice all nations that are or would be there is want, discord, danthe world can know only a ger, New faces and new nafree. We respect, no less, their| tense an unstable truce. tions stir and strive across independence. And when, in time, There must be law, steadthe earth, with power to of want or peril, they ask our | ily invoked and respected by bring, by their fate, great help, they may honorably receive | all nations, for without law, g00d or great evil to the free ||it; for we no more seek to buy| the world promises only such world’s future. From the destheir sovereignty than we would! meager justice as the pity of erts of North Africa to the is;| Sell our own. Sovereignty is never| the strong upon the weak. lands of the South Pacific | bartered among free men. \ But the law of which we one third of all mankind has We honor the aspirations of | speak, comprehending the entered upon an _ historic those nations which, now captive, | values of freedom, affirms struggle for a new freedom; long for freedom. We seek neither| the equality of all nations, | freedom from grinding povtheir military alliance nor. any| great and small. | ,artificia] imitation of our society. | erty. Across all e¢ontinents, Splendid as can be the blessnearly a billion people seek, And they can know the warmth| ings of such a peace, high will Sometimes almost in desof the welcome that awaits them | be its cost; in toil patiently susperation, for the skills and when, as must be, they join again! tained, in help honorably given, knowledge and assistance by the ranks of freedom, in sacrifice calmly borne. which they may satisfy from We honor, no Jess in this divid-’ We are called to meet the price their own resources, the ma~ ed world than in a less tormented of this peace. terial wants common to all ‘time, the people of Russia. We To counter the threat of those mankind. do not dread, rather do we welNo nation, however old or who seek to rule by force, we come, their progress in educagreat, escapes thig tempest of must pay the costs of our own tion and industry. We wish them needed military strength, and change and turmoil. Some, imsuccess in their own laws, fuller help to build the security of othpoverished by the recent world enjoyment of. the rewards of their ers. { war, seek to restore their means toil. For as such things may We must use our skills andj own |of livelihood. In the heart of Eucome to pass, the more certain rope, Germany stil] stands trag- knowledge and, at times, our sub-- will be the coming of that day stance, to help others rise from ‘ically divided. So is the whole ‘when our peoples may freely |continent divided, And so, too, is misery, however far the scene of meet in friendship. suffering may be from our shores. all the world. The divisive force is interna- For wherever in the world a knows desperate . want, tional communism and the power| people there must appear at least the that it controls, spark of hope, the hope of progress—or there will surely rise at sight of all men of good will— prove true to the honorable purposes that bind and rule us as a last the flames of conflict. |' our belief that we can help to heal this divided world, Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force. Thus may the weight of fear and the weight of arms be taken from the burdened shoulders of mankind, This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated, And so the prayer of our people carries far beyond our own frontiers, to the wide world of our duty and our destiny. May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly—untiy at last the darkness is no more. May the turbulence of our age yield to a true time of peace, when men and nations shall share a life that honors the dignity of each, the brotherhood of all. �175] Parade Crasher Draws a Laugh ne (Associ | Ci presence. 3 in GettysPresident and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower cast their ballots | AP Wirefarm. d-fringe battlefiel their burg, Pa., a few miles from photo } NOVEMBER 7, 1956. Here’s What Ike Said At Victory Rally ;to Today that ; which j ested. area our And — that young are this means time — in most interthat it will Re cougest of cur voters, fod as such, as long as it remains sequently have- worked so hard true to the ideals and the aspiraa stenographic transcript of Presifor the re-election of that adminis- tions of America, it will continue dent Eisenhower’s remarks to a tration, my most grateful thanks. to increase in power and_ influThe only thing I can say to all ‘ence for decades to come. ‘It will Republican victory rally here early today: the people — all the Americans point the way to peace among Mr, Chairman, Mr. Vice Presi- who have voted that ticket which /nations, and to prosperity -- adhere at home dent, my very good friends in this puts us back into the same posi- vancing standards of responsibility -—- I can in which everybody will share, audience and everywhere in the tions regardless of any accident of powUnited States to whatever areas only say, it is our earnest prayer that nothing we can ever do — or er, of station, of race, religion, or my voice reaches: shall ever do — will betray that color. This is a solemn moment. The trust, And if we cling to these ideals, only thing I should like to say if we uphold them, if we fight for And now let me say something about this campaign is this: it 'them, then I say: Republicans deis a very heart-warming exper- that looks to the future: I think modern Republicanism has| serve, then, the vote of confidence ience to know -that your labors— ‘that friendly Demonow proved itself. And America that Republicans, your efforts—of four years have 'erats, and independents, have givhas approved of modern Republiachieved that level where they| len us this, day. are approved by the United States canism. My friends, I conclude with a And so, as we look ahead — as f America in a vote. |pledge: With whatever talents the Such a vote as that cannot be we look ahead to the & oblems in| God has given me, with let us remem@er that a good merely for an individual, it is for front, whatever strength there is within party deseves the apprinciples and ideals for which political me, I will continue — and so will only as it that individual and his associates} probation of Ameriva my associates —- to do just one have stood and have tried to ex- represents the ideals, the aspirato work for 168 million tions and the hopes of Americans. ithing: emplify. If it is anything less, it is merely Americans here at home—and for ’ To all the people of the United a conspiracy to seize power. And peace in_the \ world, States who have understood what the administration — the Repub-, the Republican party is not that! Modern Republicanism look has been trying to do} liean party in these past four years, and con- to the future. Which means it Jooks WASHINGTON # ~- Following is ated Press Wirephoto) dog joins Vice-President Nixon, right, gets a laugh as a stray reviewing stand in the inaugural parade and walks past the x Eisenhower President front of the White. House yesterday. of the dog’s looks the other way, however, apparently unaware | | �Salindny, jets 28, 145% Worthington Church — ep Assembled for Saturday's project, called the parsonage painting bee, are volunteer church workers, left to right, standing, Ray Bessey, Ralph Smith, Harold E. Brown and C. Kenneth Osgood; seated on the porch are Dr. Harold A. Stone and Robert T. Bartlett. Other church members (not shown) who spent the day face-lifting the parsonage are Walter Towe:, Howard Beebe, Harry Bates, Leroy Rida, H. Franklin Bartlett and William Kronenberger.. SaSS ae as i aaa anna ca Na The front of the parsonage is spruced up by a group of the volunteers working from different levels. At noon, the men took a well-earned break for a substantial dinner served to. them by the women in the Worthington town hall. In charge of repast were. Mrs. Henry H. Snyder and Mrs, Harold A. Sione. A blonde bride-doll caught the eyes of many of the younger ladies who strolled the village common Saturday afternoon. Also on sale were a variety of doll clothes, many of them hand-made. At the doll table are, left to right, Mrs. Leroy Rida, president of the Women’s Benevolent Society, and Mrs. Walter Tower, past president of the organization. Another eye-caicher was the array of hand-made aprons displayed by Mrs. Herbert L. Tower. ‘ | i i �Saturday was a busy day for members of the Worthingion Congregational Church. ‘While members of the Women’s Benevolent Society held their 62nd annual church fair on the village green, across the street, the men were painting the parsonage. A grilled luncheon, in charge of Mrs. Stanley S. Mason, opened the fair’s events. Proceeds from the variety of sales and activities, which this year exceeded $900, will be applied to the pa ce building fund. i al yo A large assortment of Friendship Guild Christmas cards are shown by ladies in’ charge sale, Left to right are Mrs. Ralph A. Moran, Miss Mrs. C. Raymond.Magargal. Dorothy Hewitt, Mrs, A. Leland ue their Smith Other sales included gifts, directed by Mrs. Dona J. Lowd: made knitted articles, in charge of Mrs. Thomas Speak; Mrs. Bertram B. Warren’s a cut flower and floral arrangement sale in charge of Mrs. Joseph W. Sena! and hand- attic sal e and �Shoppers were invited to partake of a variety of refreshments available at shaded tables on the lawn. The tables were occupied most of the afternoon as people sirolled back and forth between the various tables and activities. The cake walk, with music provided by the accordion of Clifton L. Sears of Cummington, Sandra Sena and her pony, and Mrs. H. Franklin Bartlett with her treasure laden 7 pocke'’s all 1 atiracted ‘ aitention. os 2° : Mrs. Ralph Kerley and her small daughter, Linda, decked out in bright clown costumes, sold balloons as their contribution ito the fund-raising affair. It was Linda’s first experience at selling, but she behaved like a trouper. Final reports from booth chairmen indicated a “sell-out” in all but a few cases. Cakes, ‘pies, jellies and breads were but a few of the delicacies baked and sold by members of the Women’s Benevolent Society. The table of home-baked goods was one of the most popular at the church sale, judging by the speedy disappearance of the wares. Shown holding some of the tempting dishes are Mrs. Harold A. Stone, Mrs. John Ames and Mrs, Carl S. Joslyn, Hungry shoppers were provided with popcorn by the local Grange 90, soft drinks and snacks. a ween? eee anes sara = � https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/78ca9ab83114eba79c031a7eecd6822f.pdf 335eaedd5ed876d6c4f2c8a1779a5dc1 PDF Text Text WORTHINGTON Architectural As pass you manv included lovely in available the to drive this or the information you this and the and BICENTENNIAL Historical Tour of Worthington along our highways and houses and cottages which itinerary owners needed. proud because could We owners not want for actual be to not per have facts reached extend to our introducing tour. $1.00 byways, copy you not were will been not provide apologies them on �No. house Located young shows on how Republic the the 1 most Cape period. Robert charming Cod No style longer Bartiett part of (Allen) West developed does the during roof of first floor windows. The person who built worthington's most prosperous era. had a good and what. happened there! No. 2 The Parson Street, line this view Huntington the this modest Federal reach house, of the the or tops during Center House Built cirea 1771, tirst known inhabitant was Rev. Jonathan Huntineton, also a physician. House features very earlv woodwork , moldings, plank window frames, and a bake oven in rear wall of fireplace. Unique chamber five feet in diameter built under chimney stack and openine into basement has passages up to and openings into four of the five fireplaces. In the attic one finds a smoke chamber for meat buijt into the old chimney, which was laid up with clav for mortar. it to its Never former a erand house, primitive owners are Cold Spring condition. No. 3) in the process of restoring Farin In 1764, John and James Kelly, accompanied by their mother and two sisters, settled the land known now as Cold Sprin g Farm. Their first house sat across the road to the east of the present one. Tn 1792. the present. house was built which incorporates nortions of still another house, the second built bv the Kellys, the frame of which constitutes the shed behind this house. Brick was made in the soring lot below the house and was used in this house and neighborine house s in the area. Indians, who passed through the town, occasionally camped in the springlot. No. 4 Metzger (Martin) Built in the late 1&th century by Jonathan Brewster. boasts raised paneling, sheathing, many fireplaces, and some of the original ricors. It is presently being renovated by the owner. During the 19th centurv. and possibly before, the house was noted for the white quartz wall built along its rand frontage. In the last decade of that century, Monroe Todd incorporated part of this wall stone into the chimney. The beautiful leaded fan window over the door is original to the house and added a bit of elegance to what must have been a rustic existence. No. Built approximately 5 lagerstrom 1803, this (Thompson) small house and red barn create a peaceful interlude on the Old Main Road. In the process of restoration, the house has wide board floors and two of its original fireplaces with their original mantels. The present owners are working diligently to return the house to its early appearance. �No. Opened in 1893 ity for students of side school hours. 6 Conwell Academy (See page 133 of as an experiment to limited means, work Bicentennial Booklet) provide educational opportunwas provided to students out- The austere and plain lines of this building, whose only decoration is a deeply-molded cornice and many-paned windows, define the type of education dealt out in the late 1800's. The first floor of the Academy, where classes were held, was divided into two large rooms (one an auditorium) that are entirely paneled with boards Victorians used for wainscoting. These are nished. The One walls of the arch most into and become delightful the ceiling. features of this Stacked in one the narrow, stained and wonderful beaded var- building is the original painting which constitutes the stage curtain--large enough to screen a stage which spans the width of the room. The scene, done in light, whimsical colors, depicts a mountain scene complete with lake and chalets! Certainly, this curtain, in nearly new condi- tion, saw torium dated are many a the serious drama! Windsor-like The present owner of 1895 announcing the listed as 75¢ per benches This farm month. first two is which houses the he was which corner the 7 Maplehurst portion settled built of were Nahum of log the sat. audi- an advertisement The tuition is Farm Plantation by of audience the Academy can produce fall term of that year. No. Worthington, on No. Eager (the 3, in secon later 1763 the or 1764. town of The d located 50 yards east of the present structure). Nahum represented Worth ingto n at the Provincial Congress at Cambridge on February 1, 1775. Jonat han Eager, Nahum's grandson, built this house in 1856. It is the fourth house to be built on the property. Nahum, his many wives, and some of his family some of are the buried loveliest in old Center No. an 8 This contemporary house uses isoteric design, and a setting wild juniper, and Cemetery--their graves gravestones. blueberries. marked by Wilke natural materials and of ledge outcroppings, The house, with wide finishes, birches, expanses of glass and unfinished siding, seems to merge with its environment-—the upward surge of the roof line catches and matches the thrust of the rock ledges from the mountainside. Truly pleasing, and a vivid contrast to the 18th and 19th century homes of the area. No. 9 Parade Rest - Hines Can you imagine a rag-tag group of hilltown militia rattling their muskets and practicing the intricacies of drill on this very spot? It is indeed the location of the first drill grounds for .Worthington's Revolutionary War militiamen! What a fitting Location for a planned retired the military unique man house you and his now wife--Col. see! and Mrs. Hines--who �Unique because the structure was once a carriage house for the adjacent Brewster estate. The present owners were imaginative enough to see its possibilities and produced this house from the original structure after it had been moved to the Old Parade Ground in the 19th century. No. 10 Denworth Farm Built during the latter part of the 18th century by one of the Leonard family--earliest settlers, represented on the first Board of Selectmen, and active in organizing the fledgling town. Originally a Cape Cod, the roof line was changed during the renovation to gambrel style, thus affording a more spacious second floor. The old paneling and fireplaces were restored and replaced, so that the interior now reflects the taste of an Nos. A pure example known as John and official, and of influential 11 & 12 American Adams Place. Mr. representative to family Joslyn Gothic of and the 18th century. Pease architecture Adams was a hardware General Court. built in merchant, 1840, town The yellow color enhances a style popular when ladies were ladies gentlemen, gentlemen, and everything was done in picture-book manner. Nearby stands the Pease House. This pure Victorian with its tower, gingerbread porch, and decorative shingle epitomizes again the splendor of the late 19th century. One can picture the parasolled ladies playing croquet (in a dignified and gracious way, of course) on the lovely lawns. No. 13 Hitchcock (Brewster) Built circa 1830-1842 for use as a general store--pictures on display at Conwell School. Judge Brewster held his law offices in rear of the store. The second town church stood on part of the backyard. Once had a boot and shoe factory operating on the grounds. The left wing was a one-room school house. During World War II rationing so curtailed business that store closed, and Franklyn Hitchcock transformed it into the pleasant home you see today. No. 14 Lucie Mollison This modest little cottage, that still retains a paneled chimney breast over its one remaining fireplace, must have been witness to the activities of a busy colonial settlement of the late 18th century --the period of its construction. On one side was the Parade Ground where the militia drilled, and nearby was the church, newly moved to this more central location from West Street. Certainly, the location was at that time the "heart" of fast-growing Worthington. No. 15 Long the home of illustrious this long line was Captain Elisha the late 1700's and established a Brewster Worthingtonians, the first of Brewster who came to town during tavern-inn in this building. �(Earlier a general Nos. 16 store located been had and on the was the militia parade grounds, from nt refreshme perty militiamen obtained the near The small building exists. still grandson of Captain Judge Flisha Brewster, (Frissell) Bartlett 17. & the on Nearby site.) adiacent Brewster proan old stone well which house is the office of Brewster. Reardon and (Porter) during Side-by-side two houses that follow styles established more and sit on a street that more the first years of our Republic the to addition In grew to be the center of the town's activities. and nearby a store had been established church and Parade Ground, The Bartlett House was built in home industries were springing up. gable shaped like the pediment-the manner of a Greek temple--the form popular to Federalists who dreamed of a new an architectural The Reardon House after that of ancient Greece. democracy patterned copied from reflects this same point in its columned doorway--again And so informs established by ancient. democracies. architectural habitants of this bustling hill] settlement--still without a public and the new nation's hopes expressing themselves road system--were through the homes they were building. No. 1955. contemporary This of The theories in the A owner, the concerning year of the (1806) in built was desirability is evident here since naturalized pardens and naturalized the stonework No. 19 Buffington two Georgian house this houses the in stonework The hillside. of the Zarr. lewis artisan, local relative same Hyde by designed Wright Lloyd house. Frank of relating house to its site stone of the house weds it to shruhs and a by cuted 18 gardens was exe- Corners and built House witnessed at the I afayette's arrival in Before its construca yellow coach drawn by white horses in 1825. at the Battle of Bennington were Hessian soldiers captured tion, The first marched to Boston via the old stage road that passed by. and tavern was located a short distance east of the present kennels, here the first town meeting was held and selectmen elected. No. 20 Wolff (Durgin) on the old stage This beautifully proportioned gambrel was built a centernally Origi y. centur 18th route in the last decades of the either on room (one plan floor l with the traditiona chimneyed house, the which in back the across room with a long side of the front door, reimes somet room, small a and big cooking fireplace was located, it has at one end of this big kitchen), ferred to as a "borning room" y. chimne the es replac been renovated and now a center hall No. 21 Heacock-Markham and portipillared The original portion of this magnificently Amaz-— floors. two only sed compri and coed mansion was built in 1842, third and second the now are fioors r those two earlie ingly enough, �floors--the first house was lifted so an addition could be made below it! Styles had changed and called for high ceilings and airy rooms, and this was the wav it could be achieved. The ambitious project was carri2?? -vt som-t+time vsrior to 1884, and hefore the 1900's the grand portico was added! Still sturdy 24 solid, i+ maintains its longtime dignity and has been a treasure house of priceless antiques from generation to generation. No. 22. Woodbridre House Built in 1306 by Jonathan Woodbridee. a lawyer. It is such a pure example of Georgian architecture that plans of the house have been recorded and preserved at the Library of Congress. The doorway is particularly important to students of architectural history. This house in its untouched condition still retains original elass, woodwork. paneling, mantels. staircase, firenlaces, and floors. William Cullen Bryant studied law here under the supervision of Judse Howe who took possession of the property after Woodbridge. No. 22 Snook_(Rice) 1896 Known as was in historv its as sister the Rice across Vonse. the this street. ter hall, beautifully proportioned stairwav witnessed the glorious visit of the Marcuis - undoubtedly Judge Howe and his student, Mr. wandered in for tea and legal discussions. No. 24 Tt. Georsian too, has was a hiilt in tovely cen- and many fireplaces. Tt de Lafayette in 182° and Bryant, occasionally What a marvelous history! Shepherd The salt-box home of Mr. and Mrs. Iawrence RB. Shepherd is a conv of the old Dav house in West Snrinefield. Built in 1957-1958, the inside is finished in pine, with wide board wainscoting and floors, adding to its look of age. A center chimnev takes care of tke large brick fireplace which burns four-foot logs. No. 25 Hebert, (Lane) route Known to as the Boston, Drury it lane retains House, much of built its in 1778, original Located Tndian on stage shutters, clapboards fastened with hand wroueht rails, gracetul doorway, traditional %-window fenestration on front of house, eight fireplaces, marble hinges, hearth etc. stones At one from time Vermont, the premises. An Indian ladder look-out on the roof. Much turned balustradeés. No. 26 Drury wide nine Casket flooring, Shop was and located latches, on is located in the attic and soes to paneling and the original stairways The Corners the a with Grocery Located at Worthington Four Corners where store has been kept since Revolutionary years. William Gove is believed to have been the first proprietor. The first post oftice between Northampton and Pittsfield was established here in 1796. Original store burned in �rebuilt by Horace Cole I whose familv owned and was promptly 1859 across the Double porches generations. three and operated it for ve distincti a it give structure story front of the two-and-a-half the from hangs literally floor second The appearance. store country ly extensive been has part ell The rods. iron great by roof supported busifeed and grain a housed y originall altered through the years and Town library kept in room on second floor for few years in ness. installed and telephone exchange first gasoline pump here: 1800's; late the family, Packard the by 1425 since Operated in back room in 1905. country old the of much with superette is a modern Grocery Corners In 1968 the store ranks with the town hall retained. store flavor as "The place where the is". action No. 27 Tower Although the old center Built in 1777 by Nehemiah Prouehty. 19th century, in the first half of the sometime chimney was removed heavy plank has house The and some paneling remain. old chair rails in the on indentati The slight walls--an earlv form of construction. a , structure first front lawn marks the spot where the Proughty's that is house An interesting feature of the present log cabin stood. faced house the y Originall the front of the house was once the back! an earlier road which passed to the north of it! Nos. In are the Stevens 28 & 29 Cole and Frew a turbulent this lovely valley beside remnants of a little settlement named buiit the big house you see here when waterpower from the mili (The stream. still and fast-fallinge stream. Mr. for Aaron Stevens. wath milt hoop a he ran stands.) Fowler 30 as a one- structure the entire a second story could built the smaller in 1846 story house which soon became inadequate, so that Stevens, Lafayette was raised by his son, Aaron however, Before this. be added underneath! house as a duplex for his two sons. No. Built (Pomeroy) Snuggled into the side of a mountain facing distant views down the valley past its weathered gray barn sits what may be one of "Indian Red" which researchPainted earliest houses. Worthington's ers find was the first exterior color in available hilltown houses, stone stack this house has five fireplaces positioned in a massive and and has hand-hewn beams whose foundation may be seen in basement chimThe stonework of the a meat-smoking oven. possibly a chamber. roof line with brick but. the at rebuilt and narrowed later was ney has its origThe big cooking fireplace is still intact. otherwise, woodwork, paneling. Some of the original at the side. inal bake oven and hardware are still in place. No. Built in 1853 by William acres passed to Ezra Brachett 1862. Although the proximity 31 Doherty (Day) a farmer, Bates, to finally, and, to a swift the the flowing house Capen stream and 100 family in suggests �home industry, all of the owners were farmers to have been established at the location. Since architecture was adjusting to a and no modern industry seems invention. i.e., the stove, during the early 19th century, no fireplaces were originally incorporated into the structure, and chimneys were built from second floors up to the roof line. In the 20th century, a native fieldstone fireplace and chimney were added. The stairway are four house has four rooms upstairs which are reached by an open from the center hall just inside the front door. Downstairs more rooms and a pantry. No. 32 McCann (Chapman) Eighteenth century house of traditional center ca. 1780 by Samuel Buck. Its brown weathered built chimney style siding was the common finish for houses in the early hill settlements where paint was rare and expendable. Restored by the present owners in the 1940's, no effort was spared to help the house regain its former for Worthington a landmark It has become atmosphere. 18th century and creates an image of the town's heritage. No. This joined more Cape, interesting, together, pleasing than and it the the eaves coming teresting story lies 33 early Downey (Vaughan) house may be just down to just steeply appears above its No. named style the The oldest Ward. It building. property be four roof line Nothing proportioned house boasts four such roof lines! work and sheathing, one wonders how behind to that. the With some the house development! %4 is window Cane Cods architecturally of an frame. early This of the original woodevolved and what in- Brookstone section of this house was built in 1790 by a farmer is believed to have been a center chimney Cape Cod In added 1820 the a tanner, impressive named Greek Watson, Revival who had acquired portion across the front of the origina] house. The style of this later addition reminiscent of the famous architect of that period, Benjamin. the south of the house and near the river foundation stones of the old tannery. No. Cape On Cod. old Parish The Road unknown 35 by you Weidenkeller a builder rushing chose still see the (Parish) stream the can is To site sits a marvelous well--an old unending source of water and fertile valley acres. The house, date also unknown, has very early proportions: a steeply-pitched roof that reaches down to the tops of the windows, a plain framed doorway with five small panes above to light the cramped, dark hallway inside, and a fat, handmade-brick (beautiful rosy, terra cotta color) chimney rising from the ridge. Awaiting restoration, it presents a pleasantly mellow and weathered face to the passer-by. �LEGENDS a= = DIRT-GRAVEL AOAD aun MARD SURFACED ROAD O WNumeereo rowrs OF INTEREST TOWN OF � https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/d3cb00971bf28b7c03864998e291a5b2.pdf 00d7f05c87fa210725fc1c6a80712e64 PDF Text Text 10 - Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Fri., July 9, 1971 Worthington Congregational Church To Observe Bicentennial July 11 ! THE PRESENT CHURCH, of unusual design for New England Congregational structures, faces Huntington Road. * \ . ‘ ea �WORTHINGTON — On July 11 the First Congregational Church of Worthington will celebrate its bicentennial. The town of Worthington was incorporated in 1768 but the church was not organized until 1771. The present church building is the fourth to be erected in town. The first church, built near the corner of Sam Hill Rd. and West St., which in earliest days was the center of populationg, was a primitive building, never completely: finished. Near is was the first cemetery, There were 30 original members of this church. Nearby. on West St.. the first pastor, the Rev. Jonathon Huntington. built his home. This is still standing-and has been restored by the present owner. Mrs. Jerilee Bunce. The early meetinghouse was used for about 20 vears until the growth of membership and the change of the town's center of population called for a change. At that time, this was church the material and torn down in a incorporated new church in the rear of the village store near the present home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Q. Smith. The church increased rapidly. The population of the town was between 1,100 and 1,200 people and in those days the majority of the inhabitants were church going. The meetinghouse was the center of religious, civic and social life. New Meetinghouse Early in 1818 plans for a new meetinghouse were started, but because of dissension as to the part of town in which it should be built, it was seven years before the question was settled. The argument between the north and south parts of town was bitter and it finally became clear that outside help would have to be called in to settle the argument. Three committees worked on the problem before it was THE PARSONAGE presently in use is this large house located on Huntington Rd. finally settled. Elaborate calculations were made as to the exact center of town in regard to population, territory, value, and mileage, and the committee recommended that the new meetinghouse be built on the spot where the present church stands. In 1825 construction was started on a colonial style church. This church was built with a high steeple that was a landmark for miles around, heated by two box stoves with pipes running back. The building was along the sides used destroyed by fire. Only to a single chimney at the until April 2, 1887 when it was the large Bible and a hymn book were saved. Parts of the bell were salvaged from the ruins and sold to help raise money for a new church. Fortunately the church had $7,000 insurance which was a help in rebuilding. The present church was dedicated in 1888 under the leadership.-of -the-Rev.» Frederick Sargent. Huntington, pastor. The new church was a copy of an English church, which caused some dismay as many preferred the old colonial style. The new church features rose windows in the gable ends of the sanctuary and memorial windows along the sides. Addition Built In 1960 a two-story, four-room addition was built at the back of the building. In 1961 the church, known as the First Congregational Church of Worthington, united with the United Churchiof Chrsit. At the present time there are 182 members with a town population of 768 year-round residents. The Rev. Jerome H. Wood is now pastor, but will leave this summer to enter the teaching field. Many years ago the Women’s Benevolent Society of the church was organized. This group had as its objectives the building of the present parsonage and its upkeep. This the women did entirely until a few years ago when they deeded the parsonage to the church. They still work toward its. upkeep. Other church organizations are the Friendship Guild and an active Youth Group. | On July bicentennial. 11 the There church will be will formally a morning observe service with its Dr. Warren Wright, a summer resident of Chesterfield and widely-known orator, as guest speaker. Those attending have been urged to take a picnic lunch and eat on the lawn afterwards. The afternoon program will consist of a ‘‘Conversation” or dramatic dialogue by several of the church people, giving a look at the folks of former days as they lived 200 years ago. Dr. Warren Wright, guest speaker for the morning service, is a member of the speech department at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. He has been a professional speaker and lay preacher for 20 years. He was interim pastor for the two Cummington churches for a year and has preached in various churches in New York State. : �“THE CHURCH Of Our Fathers,’ this sketch depicts either the first or second church in Worthington, nobody seems to know which since the structures were identical. This drawing is preserved by the church. �THE SITE of the first church at the corner of Sam Hill Rd. and West St. is marked with this stone today. os THE FIRST PARSONAGE, on West Stree t, has recently been restored as a Priva Mrs. Jerrilee Bunce. te home by � https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/c1b7e0863e15aa7426775da5f2f2628d.pdf efb3ab18c7ebc08e4d955b3afcd9480e PDF Text Text 10 — Daily Hampshire Gazette — Saturday, August 3, 1968 Home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bunce 2 & (GAR D EIN BY DICK FISH �Worthington’s Oldest BUNCE are restoring the oldest home in MR. AND MRS. KENNETH some believe to be what arly dated Worthington. Although the house is popul sted that sugge have at about 1771, visiting experts frame plank of style ral tectu archi because of the construction, the house is really much older. is Jonathan Worthington, for whom the town that lated specu is it and h churc first named, built the as a Worthington - the Bruce home was framed by time. some for - parsonage and not finished an | residence In elementary art April, since teacher house for a year before and lath herself, While Mrs. Pittsfield, in Bunce, studied the removing all of the plaster in the process a wall was discovered which carried the legend ‘Josiah Clarke worked just this day.’ the Keystone brickwork on the first floor holds the that nce evide is second floor hearthstone. There the on made was aces firepl l severa brick for the were Bunce property. Charcoal and pieces of brick discovered near the old barn. Original baseboards were stripped down to a thick black, gritty paint. Discussing this oddity with a visitor, the Bunces found that black baseboards were the custom of residents of Norwalk, Conn. during an » earlier period. Most of the woodwork was originally painted with a buttermilk and berry combination. Blueberry was the color for the front parlor. Red onion skins and laurel leaves were used in the first kitchen. may have been the The small front room which medical office of Jonathan Huntington a later owner, boasts very old shelves over the small fireplace. Experts feel these are another clue to the true age of the house. Mrs. Bunce is attempting to discover what the hole under the front stairs was used for - closet or cupboard - before restoration continues. Brick dust and buttermilk was found to be used for the color in Jonathan’s upstairs office. An inside window between the office and stairs indicated the size and style for the outside front windows. Mortise holes in the ‘plate’ directed the placement of the new window copies which are complete with the early wide muttons between the lights. A meat smoking oven in the attic the below is hooks iron wrought with twelve of portion the chimney which was rebuilt with the bricks and extra narrow strips of mortar. The only compromises with authenticity kitchen and bathroom; both are ultra-modern. original are the “Meat Smoking Oven �‘Linesey-Wooley’ Homespun es eo ] iV tor € ees Old Medical Office ' �Master Bedroom - Yellow And White � Book Bound document, typically consisting of 25 or more pages. Generally does not include stapled items. 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An item on the Worthington Bicentennial (1968) is scanned and included as a file: scr35a.pdf. A piece on an August 3, 1968 renovation of the Jonathan Huntington House by Mr. and Mr.s Kenneth Bunce is included as scr35c.pdf and a piece on the July 11, 1971 Church Bicentennial is included as scr35b.pdf Additional random newspaper clippings from undated and dated events through 1981 are not scanned. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 33 x 1.3 cm (12 x 13 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR35 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 16 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. 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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 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1933/1966, 12/20/1977 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1938-1980 Description An account of the resource This collection compiled by Lois Ashe Brown for the Worthngton Historical Commission December 1980' Picture of Miller Mansion before suspicious fire of November 10, 1980. Mansion built in the 1930's. Known as 'Stone Oaks.' Also contains correspondence between Mrs.Lois Ashe Brown and Albert J. Platt. Essay by Willard Brown 1981 which was rewritten for 'Stonewalls'. 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Frederick S Huntington Library Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Miller Mansion in 1973 (Hrubiec Estate House) plus newspaper article about fire, 1977 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource Houses and Barns Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lois Ashe Brown Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Paper Language A language of the resource English 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 - South Worthington Mediator An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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January 31, 1887 Description An account of the resource To Mr. Aaron Stevens, A Merry Christmas tribute of love and esteem from his grateful Sunday School Class,' Elizabeth Hewitt, Emma Clark, Flora Stevens, Mabel Victoria Burr, Nettie Bartllett, Carrie Wood Porter, Alice Shipman, Nellie Shipman, Lucy Kilbourn, Lena Belle Smith, Mrs. W. H. Hayden, Julia Knapp, Martha Parsons and autographs of early residents and various postcards. Red plush cover with metallic lettering 'Album.' Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm (12 x 14 x 1.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR39 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 16 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. Frederick S Huntington Library Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Aaron Stevens, 1887 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource Churches Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Worthington - other unspecified Mediator An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver. ddb - updated 11/14/2016 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Paper 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. 33 x 25.4 x 1.9 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 Miscellaneous dates - chiefly 1960s but note clippings on death of Reverend Frederick Sargent Huntington' This scrapbook was compiled by Elizabeth Payne and contains miscellaneous news clippings dating from 1888 to 1978. Brown cover with embossed horse saddle. 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Elizabeth Payne Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elizabeth Payne Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource Historic Event Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960/1969 https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/37d58429f814aff967d14cb526c7ecfd.pdf fcbb93e7d5350441b8e9b2be35f051d8 PDF Text Text Country Journai ¢ ihursday, August /, LUSG Chesterfield Church : welcomes Rev. Jeffrey Erb CHESTERFIELD— A coffee hour followed Sunday worship services at the Chesterfield Congregational Church as the community. welcomed the church’s new pastor, Rev. Jeffrey Erb. Rev. Erb is now settling into his new quarters in the North Road parsonage and looking forward to focusing his ministry on “‘the mission of the church in the community and the mission of the wider church.’’ He said he would like to “establish some growth in the church”’ and to this end would attempt to ‘“‘make worship a meaningful experience for people, institute some Bible study groups in the fall, start a Youth Fellowship for the younger members of the congregation and open to youngsters from outside the community who might not have such a group in their own towns, and might serve as one of the ways to draw their parents and other adults to the church, he said. Rev. Erb noted that he has been involved in the youth ministry for a number of years in Vermont and New Hampshire, where he had previously served. He said he is pleased with the call to Chesterfield, since ‘‘I enjoy the more rural areas. I’ve spent nine communitiés years in in Vermont similar and New Hampshire. I like the country surroundings — the mountains and hills and woods.”’ In addition to encouraging local growth in the church, Rev. Erb said he hopes to keep the wider church, to open the channels of knowledge between the Chesterfield Church and the United Church of Christ in the world at large. We are part of the larger world and will try to meet needs locally and globally.”’ He said he intends to be active in the Hampshire Association of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. After getting acquainted with the town and coming to know some of the organizations that are active locally, Mr. Erb said he expects that he will be doing some work in the community outside of strictly church-related activities, although ‘‘my focus will be the church.”’ main ��assumes pulpit“ in Chesterfield % CHESTERFIELD — The Rev. Jeffrey K. Erb, the new minister of he First Congregational Church of chesterfield, will assume the pulpit at the 9:30 a.m. service Sunday. Erb, 33, who was selected by the Pulpit Search Committee earlier his year, also has moved into the -hurch’s parsonage on North Road. The new pastor was ordained in 977 after earning a doctor of diviniy degree from the Princeton Theoogical Seminary. Formerly the interim pastor of wo small churches in North Thetord, Vt., and Post Mills, Vt., Erb vas associate pastor of the United Church of Christ at Dartmouth Colege from 1977 until last September. Je also has done clinical pastoral sducation work at the Wernersville state Hospital in Princeton, N.J. Erb delivered his first sermon at. he Chesterfield church on Mav 18. �.. ,, , CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WORTHINGTON , M ASS. 3 Many years ago the Worthln&ton Conareaatlonal Church wa, finished In dark weathered siding • shown In this postcard picture loaned to the Country Journal by Helen Magargal of Worthington. �: ,... v, .- '. (-' .,., ' �HI II The Rev. and Mrs. J. Herbert Owen t...+ Pastor, wife celebrate 50 years of marriage CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH in Worthington was built in 1888. rw'h Ureh Jn • h• · ~ /,,/~ Ort Jngton r-0 1 ....t:::!ary mar.K. 100th ann1·ve, . WORTHINGTON - The Rev. The party was given by Mr. W 7 and Mrs. J. Herbert Owen, for- and M.rs. C. Kenneth Osgood of~ W mer residents of this town and Worthington and Mrs. Edward Lenox. celebrated their 50th Burke of Lenox. They were as- L ·'wedding anniversary at a party sisted by Mrs. Carol Brown. .0 al the Congreptional Church Mrs. Raymond Magargel. Mrs. . v Richard Hathaway. Mrs. Law• WORTHINGTON - The First here Sunday. ',of;; ~ 0 'or7 tl\e rence Mason and Mrs. Harry >ngregational Church will celeMr. Owen was pastor local Congregational Church Mollison. all of Worthington. ·a te the 100th anniversary of the from 1932 to 1942 and of ·the and Mrs. Melsone Pease of Dal- ying of the cornerstone of the Church-on-the-Hill in Lenox and ton. Also present was Mrs. esent church building,in a special Congregational Charles Cheyne or Pittsfield, a rvice May 22 at 4 p.m. The corInterlaken Church from 1942 to 1952. member or the Owen's wedding rstone will be opened and a new A total of 70 people from 13 party. ne capsule added to be opened in towns and cities from Western The couple now live in Mel- ~ year 2088. 1'1assachusetts attended the an- bourne, Fla.. where Mr. O~en f ollowing the service, the local ruversary party Sunday. is pastor emeritu_s or the United ·ange , will serve a traditional The ~ue~ts included couples c;hurch of Chnst; Co~grega- icken pie supper in the _Town Hall from P1ttsfleld. Lenox. Lee and t1onal. They are spending the der the direction of Florida Worthington whom Mr. Owen summer with Mrs. _Rachel anger This was done 100 years marri~ during hi~ tenure as. .Wvli" ,., r -Street m Len- > and the program will copy pastor m the Ber~l>trP _JCh o( the earlier one. ( The Rev. Luther C. Pierce, pastor l of the church, is being assisted by a b>mmittee headed by Lois Ashe IJrown of the Historical Commission fnd the diaconate of the church. When the old colonial church \ · 0 t _ I l~ I \ I I { ., .J• i. c, burned in the winter of 1887, plans were immediately made to rebuild, but from the start, controversy swirled over the design. The will of certain Episcopalian ladies in the congregation prevailed in the choice of the present English-style church patterned after one they had seen in England. Church members took sides and to this day, there are those distressed that the old threestory colonial edifice, with Its high steeple that could be seen for many miles around, was not replaced. In the beginning, the English-style church was painted a dark reddish brown stain in keeping with its style. Sometime after World War II, some members of the church offered to pay for the paint if it could be painted white and the project was accomplished, but not without considerable opposition that has continued to this day. In fact, there are those in the community now who would pay for the paint to have It restored to its ori,inal dark color. others say, " Leave tt white." •• �. - ~ • ..,, l)T.7,(1. . ~ u._1;-- ~ f . \. ·1 ,.·- ~ - -~, /I 1/ ,, ~ I . 7 . • id ,..,,._... 11 • -• 1) r ~J m- • - - ..f , \ \ \\ . \ ,I I , \ 0 \l I '""""~,r-i:, 1~~'.-'- ~~t9,~ ~ r �I 1 RICIIAltD CARP£\ TER/Ga,fll~ Photographtt THE INTERIOR ol the Worthingto n Congregational Church Is decorated with white walls, red carpeting and wood trim In unpainted yellow pine. Worthington church to hold centennial Minister says parishioners still 'community-oriented' I By JOAN LIVINGSTON Gautustarr WORTHING TON - For the past century, the Worthington Congregation al Church has celebrated lhe important events in its parishioners ' lives. And this Sunday, the church will ~ t its own celebration when the 100th anniversary of its dedication Is marked at a special service at 4 p .m . Alter the service, which will feature the liturgy used 100 years ago, a chicken supper will be served by the Grange in the Town Hall. Tickets are available at the Corners Grocery. 1be Worthington Congregation al Church was not the town's first. A simple building built in 1771 on West Street and later moved to Harvey Road served as the first meetinglwlse. The current church was built to replace the white1teepled colonial church that had served parishioners for 52 years until it burned to the ground in 11187. Apparently the fire began when a custodian started the fires in the church's wood stoves in preparation for a funeral. When the custodian returned, he found the church in flames because one of the wood stoves had fallen apart. The $6,000 in fire insurance I meant the church, which was modeled after an English parish church, could be rebuilt quickly. Within the cornerstone, according to Lois Ashe Brown of Elderberry Lane, a "time capsule" contains copies of area news papers, r osters of church mem bers a nd town officials. and some currency. However. she said , no one has been a ble to determ ine the location of the capsule without disturbing the church's structure. - -~ Today, the church's interior with its white walls, red carpeting, peaked ceiling, pews and wood trim in unpainted yellow pine - remains striking. Behind the low pulpit a rea and choir loft is a piped organ, which was handpumped until electricity was installed in 1929. i -.-:~; · • · if' ~ ··~ . :(: ... ....., There are two large rosetta stained-glass windows and Jong rectangu]ar windows with elaborate designs, lilies a nd angels dedicated to members of the Pease, Rice, Osgood. Burr and Brewster families. The church was expanded in 1960 when a Sunday-school addition was built, and two years later, a kitchenette was added. !!!! ·--- ...r 31 ministers Since its early meetinghouse days, the Congregation al Church has had 31 ministers. Two ministers of note were the Rev. John D. Willard, who is cr ed ited with starting the town's private water system, and Rev. F rederick Sargent Huntington, who was responsible for planting the grove of maple trees on the Commons near the church a nd elementary school. The town library, which bears his name. was built from money he ., • RICIIARO CARPESTF.R/G utll~ Phot4gnph..- THE WORTHINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH will celebrate the 100th anni versary of its dedication Sunday. left to the town. In earlier years, . according to Rev. Luther C. Pierce, the minister was probably the only educated ~ n in town. ' You preach to Ph.D.s now," he remarked. In its earlier days, church meetings were often involved in disci- toward ac ti ons plina r y parishioners who did not pay their share of the church 's upkeep or did not adhere to the covenant, which guided people's public and pri vate behav ior. However, Pierce noted, this practice was dying out by time the new church was constructed. Pierce noted that the church's community-oriented cha racter has changed very litUe in the past 100 years. He credits the number of long-established fammes still active in the church. " It 's part of the social fabric of the town in a most interesting way," he said. �~ 10/1/f J GAZETTE File Photo Parishioners gather at Worthington Congregational Church. ~ ~ \, IDil , . .. ~ . ~ --•-.: ~ ~ "i \ ~-~-:;..1~- ' �I ' ' ~ ) , ;,I ( ) ) .., ) 1, i J ,. ,- !: . �12 Dolly Hampshire Gazette. Northampton, Mau .. frl. , July 3, 1987 [ Religion Today J1=== === Choosing new minister "pulpit commitlee" of ~ive. t? 11 By LYNNE BERTRAND members whose Job it is to Three hundred and filly United church Church of Christ ministers are look- present the congregation w.ith ,a ing {or work; two-thirds of them single candidate. the comm1tlee s want to live in New England. And first choice. ln seven-and-a-hair years, only the U.S. Northeast is a jackpot of seminaries, six capable o( supplying one U.C.C. church in the four counU.C.C. churches with young minis- ties o{ Western Massachusetts has tutned down its pulpit committee'.s ters. With such a smorgasbord of re- candidate. But by the time cand!· sumes, and only three U.C.C. date meets congregation, the pulpit churches with vacancies in all of committee is on the downhill .s1dE: of Hampshire county - 34 in Massa• the mountain they've been chmbmg . chusetts - il would seem those up for about a year. Meeting weekly.. the. committee three churches could make quick {irst conducts an mtens1ve study of work of filling their pulpits. the church and submits it via OverNot so. . In the midst o( the long search lock to the U.C.C.'s Pastoral Settleprocess are three churches: the 500- ment Committee in Framingham. Dealing with a crisis member Easthampton ConsregaThe study requires s~me inl_ense tional Church on 112 Main St.' m that town; the 350-member Edwards soul-searching, especiall,Y 1f I a Church, 291 Main St.; and the 325- church has recently undergone a member First Church of Christ, crisis . Such was the case at Easthamp~ ngregationar, 129 Main St. , both THE REV. DONALD OVERLOCK ton Congregational Church. In m Northampton. The Rev. Donald E. Overlock, April, the congregation receiv~ a associate conference minister for letter of resignation from its minis- one-month yearly vacation. Finding the right person Western Massachusetts in the Mas- ter, the Rev. Edward F. Dibble, sachusetts Conference of the U.C.C., who was arrested on sexual abuse 1 What are churches looking for? coaches churches in their search for charges' in January. The church "There is no such thing as .. . the a pastor. In a recent interview, he quickly found an interim. the Rev. ideal minister," said Overlock. Aldescribed the complex process of Raymond T. Jones, and while Dib- most immediately into its search; ble's case is pending in Hampshire the pulpit committee finds that each filling a pulpit. The hiring of ministers is a far Superior Court, the month-old pulpit member has a different operating cry from head-hunting in big busj- committee seeks a permanent re- definition of " ideal," colored by ness. In a U.C.C. church, every placement. their experiences with other minis"They're taking one step at a ters, even those from childhood. member can have a say in who gets hired. Saddle a company like IBM time," said Overlock. "They' ve In the U.C.C. there are more with the guidelines proposed in the lived with conflict, and in some second-career ministers than ever Mass. U.C.C.'s "A Practical Manual ways they're healthier . Where can before, as well as older seminarifor Pulpit Search Committees," and (lheyl go but up?" ans. "Entry-level ministers are far Requirements, salary you'd be handing the vote for a new more mature than they were 10 Based on a church's situation, the r,ears ago," Overl ock said . chief executive officer over lo every last IBM salesman and receptionist. Settlement Committee supplies the 'They've dealt with the God quesThe interim pulpit committee with about 10 re- tion - Is God real for me? Can I On the average, it takes a year to sumes, called profiles, of pastors have faith in spite of the silliness of find a minister, Overlock said. Soon and graduating seminary students. the institutional church?" after its minister resigns, a Ordained ministers in the U.C.C. Overlock continued, "They're betchurch's board of deacons hires an are expected to have both an under- ter human beings. What churches interim minister to keep the congre- graduate degree and a graduate don't want are ministers with pergation in a holding pattern for the theological degree <M.Div.l, and sonal problems. If the minister's not duration of the search. many. hav~ Ph.D's or training in happy, the church isn't happy.'' Some ministers are career inter- certain skills such as counseling. Churches " flip-flop," Overlock ims, and Overlock's office keeps Over half of U.C.C. seminarians are said. "They usually want something their names on file . The deacons women; the Congregational church, different than what they ljustl had. may request an " interim supply a component of the U.C.C., is the If they had someone in the 1970s preacher," who just comes in on oldest Protestant denomination in who was concerned with shut-ins, in Sundays to lead worship, or an America to ordain women. the '80s they want someone con"interim maintenance pastor," who The base salary for ministers in preaches, gives some pastoral care, the U.C.C. denomination is $16,000. cerned with the youth." Interviews, visits and handles some of the church's O~erlock was quick to note that committee is ready now to The programs. The interim minister's with a parsonage or housing allowsalary , according the pastora l ance. plus benefits like annuities interview candidates, and to visit search manual, s hould be $50 to $80 insurance and travel, the total pack'. the churches of candidates it choosfor each 3-hour unit he or she age en~ be worth $30,000. A minister es. By the end of this process, their final ca ndidate wil\ have gone works. with five years of experience is through two or three interviews and The pulpit committee ll_kely to st.art nt $17,000 plus beneMeanwhile the church appoints a fits. Almost all pastors are offered a preached at least once lo a congregation that included members of the �. takes year's effort searching church's pulpit commitsecurity in him.1 ' Without the securtee. ity, and free from the commitment The sea rch manua l strongly recto their former pastor, churc hes ommends that a committee make often become " smitten by their prior arrangements with the candiinterim." aate for s uch a visit and "not 'sneak Churches need to go through the in' . ... When m embers of the comprocess of self-study. Overloci< said, mittee enter the church, we advise a nd the interim ministry is no more that all not sit together , nor enter tha n a temporary situa tion while and leave in a group. If you a re they do so. questioned by local members, s imS.,eeeding it up ply say that you are visiting." Occasiona lly , committees find in· The call genious ways to speed up the search The last step for the candidate is process. One minister received a to preach for the congregation of call for an interview from a church the searching church. to which he ha d not submitted a Then the pulpit committee calls a profile. Investiga ting, he found that meeting of all church members, and the church's pulpit committee had here the congregation gets to vote. called a number of committees who Although the U.C.C. requires just had jus t hired minis ters. From a a majority vote, some ministers will lis t of those churches' runners-up. not accept a pulpit call if significant this committee picked ministers to opposition is raised against them, call. The U.C.C. allows this sort of Overlock said. autonomous activity in its churches. Finally the church clerk writes up Overlock concluded that the reaan official call-contract letter. sons for such a lengthy and painstaking process are three-fold : The "Business would call this ... a, bechurch has to take a long, hard look wildering array of bureacratic at itself; there is always a period of processes, " said Overlock. "But it healing after a minister leaves : and works for the church." Almost evtbe U.C.C. system of interviews· and ery congregation votes unanimousvisits supports taking a good block ly, or at least in a huge majority, to of time to land the minister with all hire the minister their committee the right stuff. · presents. The new minister But the process can grind to a Overlock noted, too, that although halt at any point if there are disait takes a church a year to find a greements over candidates or prominister, it takes a minis ter, who cedure. . usually has the · advantage of alA hitch in the process ready being in a church, thr,e e lo .The Rev. William G. Chrystal five years to find a new job. tesigned from the Edwa rds Church A pulpit committee takes a while In October to become a Navy chapto understand the complexity of lain. At the end of December, the ministers' profiles. They look at an church contracted with the Rev. average of 50 cangidates, Overlock Roger A. Barnett to be their interim minister . About five months into the said, and end up interviewing about three. pulpit committee's search, over a It takes that year to get 'the hundred members of the congregasearch committee up a nd running. tion petitioned to hire Barnett as their permanent minister. In most churches, Overlock said, a " A Practical Manual for Pulpit pulpit committee begins after a Search Committees'' states that, while to work as a tight unit, , a " Under no circumstancs is a church "congregation within a congregation." to consider the interim pastor as a candidate." Petitoners voted to "Something happens, something override this clause in Barne tt's magical or mystical," Overlock contract, and as a consequence the said. " Some people are reluc tant to church's pulpit co11)mitlee resigned call it . the leading of the Holy in protest. · Spirit," but others are not. Barnett was asked if he would Not surprisingly, it also takes accept a job offer, and he expressed time to for a new minister to get interest. used to his or her new church OVerlock said he was disappointed about six months, according to Ovby this situation, but understood it. erlock. Before and during the period an He said that for the first few interim minister is at a church months a minister can "get a lot of "everything's at sixes and sevens," mileage" out of being new. Attend• Overlock said. " Even those who ance goes up. Everyone ,c ontributes didn ' t like the old minister... found new ideas. " Everybody's got a slake in you." Overlock continued, "You keep your preaching very biblical, al most sa fe, because you don 't know the needs or the socia l issues. You get the lay of the la nd. You tend the garden very hard." Overlock remembered back to his days as a young minister in order to expla in what it's like at the end of those first few months . " The first time the church secretary laughs at some joke you tell ; the first time th e mothe r-of-the-bride tells you she 's pleased with the wedding ; the first time you go to a trustees meeting and let them hate it with both barre ls a nd then you ha ve a rea l dialogue: That's when you realize this is a ma rriage, not an affair. ·•Jt creeps up on you. One night you come home and you open the door of the parsonage, and you feel like you're at home." ! I I 7 1, 11 I �IN MEMORIAM GJFFORD HOAG TOWLE 1907 - 1987 �Prea:c.hing in tb~ Hilltowns i: ·- ·---· In Worthington: 'We con side r all ' ' peo ple to be min iste rs. I pre par e the min iste rs.' By ,JOAN LIVINGSTON WORTHINGTON - The Rev. Luther Pierce, 65, of Cumming ton, the new pastor of the Worthington Congregation al Church, is the kind of man who bakes his own bread because the store-bou ght version does not meet his standard s. He built his own home, using native timber. He cuts his own wood. And he makes furniture and baskets. And, although Pierce talks modestly of these accompli shments, it is apparent that he is a man who lives simply, a man who does things for himself and does them well. Pierce said it was during his extensiv e travels to missions throughou t the world that he became aware that industrial nations such as ours are thriving on the cheap labor and raw materials of the Third World. "We enjoy luxuries, and only because the Third World is poor." he said. Pierce also said those travels were an eye-opening experienc e because of the impressiv e dedication of practicing Christian s who lived and are living under extremely difficult circumsta nces. " We who belong to the ministry throughou t the world assist peo~le who are hurting," Pierce said. Locally, he explained , this can mean writing letters or visiting a shut-in. But, if this notion of community is to be expanded globallf, this ministerin g also may come m the form of offering money and food to those who need these things. To accomplis h this work, it is possible for politics a nd religion to work together, but a minis ter has to be careful not to use the pulpit as a s ounding board for his politica l views - even for worthy causes, Pierce said. For example, he believes a minister cannot suggest to his congregation that a certain candidate be s upported because or the candidate's stand on world hunger . However, a minister can advise the church-goers that il ls their Christian r esponsibility to help the hungry. His flock Pierce spent his youth in Brooklyn, Conn., where his father owned a poultry hatchery. After serving in the military during World War II, Pierce married Frances Ethridge of Alabama , and over the past 40 years she has worked with him behind the scenes while raising their four sons. . At first Pierce returned to his father's farm, but he left in the late19508 because "the poultry business in general began to disappea r in New England." Pierce then moved his family to Florida to seek a career in aviation, but instead he became involved in Christian education . He noted that people who are involved with church work often speak of receiving "a call from God" and then said, " I felt that call." Said Pierce, "this is what led me into the field of Christian education.'' Pierce said he did everythin g that was possible for a lay person to do before he was ordained as a Baptist minis ter. However, Pierce found he did not fit in with the very conservative nature of Southern Baptists so he accepted a pastorate in the United .Church of Christ, of which the Congregational Church here is a member. He served as the pastor of churches in Ha Uandale, Fla. for seven years and in Monroe, Conn. for 11112 years before he officially retired in Septembe r. The Pierces then settled into their Cummington home, which had taken about 10 years' worth of weekends and s ummer vaca tions to construct . Except for the foundation, plumbing and the laying of the wall-to-wall carpeting , Pierce built the house himself. His wife helped with the decorating, includin~ the wallpaper ing a nd the upholstermg. Although semi-reti red, Pierce will remain busy, not only lending his veictable gardens, fruit trees and ammals, which provide o "substantial percentag e" of the food he and his wife eat, but a lso working at three part-time jobs. In addition to serving the Congregational churches in Worthing ton and Peru, Pierce is the New England represent ative of the Evangeli cal Seminary of Puerto Rico. The latter pos t involves raising money for the seminary, the only one in the world to prepare Spanish-s peaking people for the ministry. As for his work at the Worthington church, Pierce said he would like to strengthe n the Chris tia n education program and provide activities for teenagers, but because of the democra tic nature of its organization, the direction the 'church will take will be up to iJs members . - - -- ..,. ___..,__________ �I ~ ' . THE REV. LUTHER PIERCE shares his chair with, from left, Gregory Bartlett, 4; Spencer Newell, 7, (rear); and Walter Fritz Ill, 6. (Photo by George Newton) �\1 r "• ..... ---·-··- - - ' ' . . -.. '·" . ' ' \ \ I ~. . . \ ..'\ ). ' .. ., .... . ... "' "I '.\ " "" . .' . •, \ "I ' '\ ' ' \. " '\ .' . •, '' '"..' 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Th e an nu off ere d a va rie ty of am al fun d rai se fro g-j um pin g co nte st. us em en t rid es , ga me s, do nk ey rid es an r da (Ph oto by Ric ha rd Ca rpe nte r) 17 �Country Journal • Thursday, February 12, 1987 I' J Set In the deep snow of the winter of 1917, the Worthington Congregational Church wiU be the scene, Sund ■ y, of the installation of its new pastor, the ~everend Luther Pien:e. Congregational Church to install Reverend Pierce as 29th pastor WORTHINGTON- The Connecticut Conference under Ecclesiastical Council of the which the Rev. Mr. Pierce Hampshire Association of previously served, will preach the Congregational Churches will sermon. meet in the Congregational The Rev. Gifford Towle of Church on Sunday at 4 p .m. for Pelham, missionary to India the installation of the Reverend (ret.); will give the charge to the Luther C . Pierce as its 29th pastor and the charge to the pastor. congregation will be given by the The Rev. Patricia Sommers of Re\'.. Donald Overlock of Bethany, Conn. , Minister of Ludlow, Associate confer~nce Missions and Stewardship for the minister for the western area of Massachusetts . Halden WenLwonh, co. chairman of the diaconate, will preside over the liturgy and Melissa Dragon will read the . scripture lessons, representing the youth of the church. Scripture lessons will also be read by Pastor Pierce's brother, the Rev . Richard Pierce of Bloomfield, Conn., and by the Rev. Richard Fournier, pastor of the Village Congregational Church in Cummington. Lorena Belhumeur of Huntington, moderator of the Hampshire Assoi::iation will be the installing officer and S~nc~r N~w~II )Vill reP,resent the ctiili:,ren of tiie cfiurch as acolyte. Both choirs will sing, under direction of organist John Newell. The. public is invited 10 attend the reception. which is being arranged by Dorothy Mason, · Judy Spiess and Joan Donovan. �~ ~ !. Profile: C- n/& /i'' The Reverend'Lutber ~- Pierce By Lois Ashe Brow.n It was those years with the Miami Counc il of Churc hes that WOR THIN GTO N- The Rev. Luthe r B. Pierce, fonne rly inspir ed this small- town fellow of Monroe, Conn . has been from Conne cticut to seek ordin aappointed pastor of the Worth - tion in the Unite d Churc h o f Christ . Following a seven-year pastor ate in Hallan dale, Florid ~, he received a call to a churc h m Monr oe, Conn . and the family , includ ing a fourth son by then, m o ved back to his home s tate . The old saw that says ' ' yo u can take the boy o r girl from the farm, but you can ' t take the farm from either " shows up in the case of Parso n Pierce. Soon after he and his farnily moved north to Monroe, he dream ed of one day Engineering. retirin g to a fann where he could As a boy,th e was fascin ated by have his own meat and eggs, and aircra ft of all kinds-, and studie d grow vegeta bles and fruit for his Rev. Luther Pierce to attain an Air Trans port own table. Abou t ten years ago, Rating. It was after his first year he found ten choice acres on at Buckn ell that he enliste d in the C ummi ngton Hill up agains t the ' Beside s being pasto r of two Army to serve in World War II. Worth ington town line. Hillto wn churc hes, Mr. Pier ce is While he was station ed at At first, he and his wife put up also the New E nglan d repres en taCamp Rucker in Alaba ma, he a small co ttage for shelte r on tive to the ·E vangelical Sem inary met a nd marri ed Fra nces weeke nds until they could at last of Puert o Rico which d eman ds Ethrid ge_ o f Dotba m, Alaba ma . build a house. Over the years, severa l hours a week. " With After the war, he broug ht his they have driven up from Conn . these three jo bs, " comm ented his bride back to his homet own in at every oppor tunity to work on Connecticut and went into the their dream house . At last, this wife, " Yo u can hard ly say we are poultr y busine ss with his father . year broug ht the retirem ent to retired ." On the same day tha t M r. He carrie d on the wor k for a time fulfill their plans and they moved after his father 's death in 1954 into the house built with their Pierce was accep ted as pasto r of but soon saw a dim fut ure in own hands . After m o re than the Wo rthing ton ch urch , he and raising chicks for a living. eleven years in Monro e, they his wife celebr ated their 40th By that time, the P ierces had have settled into a lifestyle that weddi ng a nniversary with an three sons . When an o ffer of an pro mises the best o f both world open ho use at their new ho me . s. appointmen t as Direct or of Thro ugh all the years that Mr . There in the woo d ed grove are Religious Education came from a Pierce was busy with the sheds and pens for their church small Baptist C hurch in Florid a, wor k, his wife worke d rabbit s, hens, and Banta ms that right along it sound ed appea ling and they with him, while at the same time are the beginn ing of their little decided to move south to seek purs uing her own intere farm . Severa l bee hives are also sts. A t their fortun e. first, the demands of her childr en · part of the scene, and the origin al 1 Then came a chanc e 10 work filled her days, but as soon as cottag e is being transf ormed into for the G reater Miam i Council of they were all . in school, she says ; a works ho p fo r the minist erC h urches a nd throug h that she took a Job as a part-tim e · farme r who early turned fro m o rganiz atio n he becam e the secret a ry in her hus ba nd 's engine ering o nly to apply the ancho r man for their "Man to church , and eventu ally as secre~ princi ples all thro ugh his life. Man" televisio n show that aired tary in the j Their fo ur so ns, Roger who is unior high school in on p rime time Tuesd ay evenings H alJand ale. She contin ued work- in the Air Force stationed in over the P ublic T elevisio n net- ing in the schoo l libra ry after the Omah a, Nebra ska , Larry of work. Jt was a progra m o f reli- mo ve l<;> Mo nroe, and eventu ally H a lla n dale , Fla . , Jam es o f gious dialogue includ ing ques- took a Job as secretar y in a travel Davie s, Fla. , and Alan who lives tions called in to a panel of agenc y. That led to full time in Bridge port, Conn . will find Miam i clergy men. During this wo rk as travel ageni , an interes t this new home where they have time, Mrs. Pierce worked along she hopes to contin ue here but o n never lived, a happ y retrea t and a with her h usban d as a hostess a less hectic schedu le. safe harbo r for their paren ts . behind -the-scenes. 1 ington and Peru Congr egatio nal churc hes . He has alread y assum ed his duties at both church es and forma l installation is being plann ed for early January. Mr. Pierce is a native o f Plainfield, Conn . and grew up in nearb y Broo klyn, Conn. where his father was in the poultr y business. He attend ed schoo ls there and wenl on to Bucknell Unive rsity in Penns ylvani a to study �-- II .- . Minist~r leaving . ~~-- ~__,. Worthington p~lp1t · ~;!: By JOAN LIVINGSTON Ga1elte Slaff WORTHINGTON - The Rev. Luther Pierce will s tep down from the pulpit of Worthington Congregational Church al the end of this year. Pierce, who also is the minister for Peru Congregational Church, will retire from both posts Dec. 31 after four years of service. Pierce's announcement this week means that search committees from both churches will form during the next few weeks to determine their congregations' needs, a nd will work with the area conference minister, the Rev. Virginia Black, to find new ministers. Pierce, 69, spent his youth in Connecticut, where his father owned a poultry hatchery. After serving in the military during World War II, he worked for his father before moving with his wife, Frances, and their four sons to Florida to seek a career in aviation. Instead, he became involved in Christian education and, feeling a atrong commitme nt to church work, he eventually was ordained. - Pierce served as pastor of churches in Hallandale, Fla., for seven years and in Monroe, Conn., for 11 1k years before coming out of semi-retirement to take on his present ministries. He also was involved for ma ny years in fundraising for the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, which prepares Spanish-speaking people for the ministry. Speaking of his latest ministries, Pierce said he has tried to • .• • l ·nd and Mrs. Luther Pierce. (Photo by Lois Ashe Brown) ~ I / THE REV . LUTHER PIERCE bring revitalization and organization to the two congregations. "Both churches have shown growth - numerically and spiritually," he said. In addition, Pierce helped develof the Worthington Congregationa Church's mission program , which assists the homeless and the poor. Upon his retirement, Pierce and his wife plan to enjoy the home they built themselves in Cummington, along with its extensive gardens, fruit trees and animals. Pierce also plans to continue his volunteer work at the Warner Farm In Cummington, which serves as a religious retreat. r - .i I I~ �Frr., May 9, 1986 Daily Hamp shire Gaze tte. North ampt on, Mon . . 25 Florence, Worthington churches e v a le to rs to s a p e if w d an d n a b Hus By MICHAEL VITO FLORENCE - After serving as pastor of the Florence Congregationa l Church since early 1981. the Rev. Robert A. Kitchen will move in July to Minnesota with his wife, the Rev. Mary Ellen l{jtchen, who has been pastor of the First Congregational Church in Worthington and the First Congregational Church in Peru for 7112 years . Kitchen said yesterday that his family decided it was lime for a move and after looking over other possi bilities decided lo move to International Falls, Minn. Kitchen's last day in Florence wilJ be July 15. He will then become pastor of Faith United Church of Christ in International Falls . Mary Ellen Kitchen will be "retiring for awhile," according to her husband, and will begin "supply preaching" - filling in at churches in the International Falls area from week lo week. "International Falls is literally the coldest place in the country," Iwbert Kitchen said, pointing out that the community is located on lhe Canadian border. ... _t,· • .~-; - .-.• ' ~ . \ ·:~ ' ·1 REV. ROBERT KITC HEN He said that the Florence Congregational Church will form a selection committee to begin searching for his replacement. Kitchen said • REV . MAR Y ELLEN KITC HEN that it would probably take a t least one year to find a permanent replacement , with an interim mini ster conducting services. Robert Kitchen, 38, received a bachelor's degree from Springfield College in 1gi-o and was ordained in 1gi-1. He said that he also serv ed as a teach er at the college. Mary Ellen Kitchen. 39, is a nativ e of Nort ham pton . She received a bach elor' s degree from the University or Mas sach usett s at Amhers t and was orda ined in 1974. Both received their theological trainin& at the Paci fic School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. In 1979 Mary Ellen Kitchen was nam ed pasto r of the Firs t Congre~a- 1 tional Church in Worthington, with her husband assis ting as. ~pa stor. Both also led servi ces at the First Congregational Church in Peru. Robert Kitchen was later appointed pasto r of the Flor ence Congregational Church in Febr uary 1981. He said that he bas visited his futur e paris h and he feels that his family will be very happy there. The Kitchens curre ntly live at 122 Pine St.. in Florence with their 7month-old daug hter, Winifred and their two teenage Vietnamese foste r sons , Thanh Vo and his younger broth er Sau Vo. �Worthington's pastor elected to an office GEORGE BAYLEY !/J.,,,),. Organ rebuilding to be marked Sunday with special concert WORTHINGTON - The First Congregational Church of Worthington will celebrate the rebuilding or its organ with a recital on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the church on Huntington Road. The program will be performed by George Bayley of Lee who completed the extensive rebuilding of the instrument earlier this year. The program will include: Prelude (sonata VII for organ) by Josef Rheinbergen, Prelude in Classical Style by Gordon Young, The Musical Clocks by Franz Josef Haydn, Was Gott Tut, Dast 1st Wohlgean by Johann Gottfried Walter, Noel with Variations by Claude Louis Balbastre, Voluntary in A by William Selby, Will 0' the Wisp by Gordon Balch Nevon, Ricercare on "St. Anne" by Gordon Young, Lied by Louis Vierne, Sketch in D Flat by Robert Schumann, Berceuse by Louis Vierne and Sortie Toccata by Theodore Dubois. Bayley is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the University of Michigan. He served as an apprentice In organ building with Rock D. Spencer of Albany, N.Y. In addition to the restoration work In Worthington, Bayley's most recent work has been the rebuilding of the organ at the First Congregational Church of Stockbridge and the construction of a new two manual harpsichord for a customer in Jacksonville, Fla. Bayley currently serves as music director for the First Congregational Church of Lee and conductor of the Berkshire Concert Choir. The recital is sponsored by the music committee and refreshments will be available following the l)(O- gram. Rev. Mary-Ellen Kitchen of Northampton has been elected to represent the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ on the denomination's Coordinating Center for Women in Church and Society. Her election occurred at a meeting in New York of the Office of Communication's board of direc'J It/ / Y 'ltors. Ms. Kitchen is the 'oi1rusfer of the First Congregational Church in Worthington, and the First Congre1 gational Church of Peru. As a member of the Coordinating Center Committee, she will assist in monitoring the status or women in the denomination and in recommending policies and programs to address women's concerns .and to eliminate sexism inside and outside the church. The United Church or Christ is a 1957 union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. Its Office or Communication handles public relations for the denomination, carries out projects to protect the public interest and advance affinnative action in telecommunications as well as provid.ifljl educational programs in commurucation. ?l ,., ,, 1 1kt Dt. Walffft Wri9ht, fe,ma, .,.., pt'Nch• In Cummingten and Wett Cummlntt•n, ;0th about the rich history of the Worthington Congregational Church durln~ th• (2N y ) · · annivonory commomorotivo 10,vico Sunday. Ho toachn 1pnch a l Ham•1ton Coll-.. �.... 1' · Dolly Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mon ., Tues., July 13, 1971 Wo·rt·hi:n·g,to n Ch urch Bi.c e n te n n ia l ~ ~ ~ - ·•~ fllff ~- - . v '~ • -<- 11 ("" ~ •...... . "-'-C : ~ : :..'~.'\ , . .,.--!"'¥ ,·' ,• • ' '-· _l '- ' .. . \• . . . t.."· (.. 'I u_, t, ' ~ 1 I • I ' - ,. · -· , -. ! 8' 1 - ' I i . . ~ -~ 11~ 1 ~ ,.,.,. ,~t~ - ~ · i ' Tf -F f.· )-. " " ► ........ ·' , ,, .. -~·' ti --"'t:'. .. ' / [ ~ ~ · , . -~ 111 :.. ·1-. , · t C.~ ' " .~ \ ~ -1,y"'.-.;,~•" l-.. ""' -~ ;;;;;;_ "1 : ,~ ·•--1: -:•• ~ ' '-i . . . ~ · ' ~.. ' ·- __. .. _,.' :_~ ).-,. .- , • ,,.,. ,,,.,. - ~ - . \ . , . ~ II -~ . ... .r 'i' '-" ' J j , ' -· --... MANY ATTENDED Sun day'\ bice nten nial serv ice at Wor thin gton Con greg atio nal 200 th annivers ary of the church . Chu rch ce lebra ting the H ere, The Rev . Edw ard Cow les read s scrip ture . C hu rc h M ar ks 20 0t h A n n iv er sa ry WOR THIN GTO N - A simp whit e chur ch on the Main Strele, here had Its 200th anni vers ary et quie t cere mon ies yest erda y. In Resi dent s and out- of-tow n gues ts pack ed the wood en pews of the Firs t Cong rega tiona l Chu rch o[ Wor thing ton . Silence fell as the organ prelu de filled the chur ch. A 20-volce chor us direc ted b y Mrs. E. C. Rozw enc o( Edw ards Chur ch, Nort ham pton , led the cong rega tion In sing ing. Dr. War ren Wrig ht, a prea cher, presente d the sermlay on "Pas t Bell s... He re ca Cormer histo ry o[ the ch urch lled how It cam e i nto exis tenc e . and Wrlg ht attra cted hund reds Dr. of New Engl a nder s to his serv ices when he serv ed a s la y prea cher a nd gues t s peak er a t chur ches ln C u mm lngt on and We st Cum mlng ton . He ls a s peec h prof esso r Ham llton Coll ege ln New York . a t Form er past ors who serv the Wor thing ton cong rega tionedalso anen ded the Sund ay cele brati on. The Rev . J. Herb ert Owe of Melb ourn e, Fla. and Lennox , ser ved as pas tor of Worth1n gton Con greg ation a l Chu rch from 1932 to 1942. He ga ve the be n edic tion at the serv ices . The Rev . Edw ard Cow les Eas t h amp ton pres e nt e d of a scrip ture read ing . He was In Wor thing ton for {our years . The Rev . Jero me Woo d, who was pas tor until last mon th whe he decl ded to go Into teachingn, also part lclpa led ln the serv ice. C. Bvro n Smi th of Wor onoc o, d eaco n eme rlta s, led the resp onsl ve read lng and Mrs . Erne s t Rob lnso n o[ Wor thlng ton gave the child ren's serm on. Inclu ded In the cele brat ion was a dram a tic dialo gue a nd plcn lc on the chur ch lawn . The wea ther duri ng the day wa s warm and clou d:,. and a light s howe r fell towa rd ihe e nd of the after noon . /It /]/ 7 I �Cel ebra tion Attr acts Wor ship ers FOttMEI ,ASTOIIS were on hand to grNt parishioner s during the celebration. Here, The Rev. Edward Cowles (left) pastor from 1958 to 1961, and The Rev. Herbert Owen, 1932-1942, greet a worshiper after the serive. JI W o ,t h l n ;r o n, M a u a c h u 1e tt1 .l �Wort"hington Church Nears Anniversary l'111 THE RIV. and Mn. Wood are shown in front of-tho church ~ which ho has sorvecl for four yoan. /J 7/l / ·Pd-s tor Is Honored WORTHINGTON Manv friends and members of th·e Worthington First Congregational Church gathered afte r services S unday for a coffee hour to bid farewell 10 their pas tor and his family . The Rev. and Mrs. Jerome H . Wood aad their children. Ste phen . Thomas, and Ruth. came to Worthington from Northfield four years ago a nd have become muc h a part of the communit y. Besides b ejng p astor. Mr. Wood a lso served as minist e r of the Peru c hurch . He Is, a lso a member . of the Ga t eway Regional Sc hool Committee and worked on plans for both the Middle School and the addition to the Russell H. Conwell School. Mrs. Wood has been advisor to the Pilgrim Fellowship a nd both he and sh e are well known for their work with young people . \\"ORTH I :--GTO~ \\'orthl n,zt oo First Con gregational Cbur C'h will obs e r \'e the 200th a nnl\·e rsarv of ll s rounding on Su nda~·. Starting at 10 a .m . the s peakl'r o f the m orning w lll b e Dr. \\'atTPn E . \\'right. \\'hose s ub leC't " ·Ill b<' .. Pas t Bells ... He \\'lll be assisted b~· se\'eral form<'r p astors. T h e Re,·. J . Herberl Owen of Melbourn!'. F'la .. h(•r e 1!l32 . 19-t ?: The Re\' . U. Cow l e s of E dw a r d Eastha mpton . pastor from 1958 • 1%,I : T h C' RC',·. Jeroml' I I. Wood . 1%7 l!l,I. Also DeaC'On Emer itus C. Bvron Smith. now of \\'oronoco. and Mrs . Ernest Robinson of Worthlnitton . A 20-,·otce C'holr wlll be led b,· M rs. E . C. R oswe n<' of Edwards Ch\Jr<'h . Northampton. Ushers w lll be Craig Mason . J a mes Pease. R a lph Smith and C . Kenneth Osgood . After the m ornln~ s £'r\'lce . those attending will be a s ked 10 take a plc ni<" lunc h . Dessert anrl beverage will be sen;ed . After lunc h . at approxlmatel:--· 12: 15 p.m .. there will be a· ·Dramatlc Dial ogu e.. wllh eigh t partklpants . directed b:--· Mrs. Carl J oslyn . deple ting the life of the early C"hu rch In town. Wl.,f&.., WU: _ Mr. Wood plans to enter the teaching field and al present they expect to live In \Vorihlngton. They were prese nted a purse from the townspeople . On Friday the Pilgrim Fellows hip entertained Mr. and Mrs. Wood at a farewell dinner at The Whale Inn ______ _ In Goshen. --------- Th\l Rev. Douglas K. l\lacConnell Pastor Resigns At United Church RICHMOND The Rev. Douglas K. Mal:Conncll, has ,a nnounced that he is resigning the pastorate or the Richmond United Church or Christ, effecti ve July 15. He has been pastor al 1hc c hurch [or n2rly 3½ years. s· .-..~,.--•·. ".••·• •,::•,•• xY.J..2,.,.,,_ -"· · ·rut'! -·('>!• •• h.. •• . . - ~:'., mondj ....:Jt. . . . ~·-·2r1,-; .:: ........;-.-..-;-.. . . t.?.;;,.;,.\;; :. Mr. MacConnell made his announcement in ,letters addressed to members and Criends of 1l!he Richmond Church. "I have decided to res ign from the pas tora le of the Richmond Church without t he benefit of a 'call" from another local church," his letter s aid. "My family and I will be moving to ' California this summer. Once there, I plan to ~eek s ecular employment until I can find a church sibuation with which to exercise my pastoral abilities and desires ." The minister noted that he had informed Moder ator William A . Dickson of his decision. Mr. Dickson is expected to call soon a meeting of the Church Council, which then will organize a pastoral-supply committee a s required by the church bylaws. l\tr. MaeCon,nell ·s letter co ncluded lly observing t hat tl1e Richmond Church is embarking "on a new period in its his• tory." The pa rish is now cons tructing a new church building following a J an. 26 fire which destroyed the church a nd severe• . Jy damaged an addition then under construction. Construction is well along on the new sanctuary. Mr. MacConnell came to Richmond in 1966 after two years a l the First Congr egational Church. Worthington. He is a graduate of Marlboro, Vl. , College and Hartford Se minary. He is married to tho former Belly Mae Adams of San Diego, Calif., a nd they have two children. He was recently a ppointed an a ssociate member of the local Conservation Commission. �u Chu rch in Wo rth ing ton Has 50t h Ann iver sar,..,y No rth ing t_o n Ch urc h Ap pr ov es 9 By law s • 5.fitfu~~kt' \\'ORTH l'sGTO 's - A · . • s pec a c~urc h ~ '."l'llng wa s held on \\ C'dne,,d a, nig h I 10 ,·01e on :idop1lng 1he new and amcn?e d b,·laws of lhe ch urch. The firs t Jrllc~e rC'gar?_lng the na~ e of th ~ th o ,ough l, c hui c h ,,as di scussed . both from pe1 sonal a n~ leg al s la ndpol n ts and th e arttcle was vo~ed down ...thus IPa \'Jng lhe orlg rnal name The First _Congr.~ ga tlonal Chu rch_ of \\ ~~th rng 1on with, lhe add111o n of _m c.':'bcr or Uni te d Church of Chi:- 1s1. 1 he c lerk of 1he c h urc h w as authori zed to act in financi al matl e rs in the absen ce of the treasur er. The ot h er e ight length,· art ic les were a dopt ed. Th ere was som e di scuss ion. but only c hanges in wordin g to clarify pa rts. T hese new bylaws T,, o s ummer progra ms for Ga tewav Sc hool have rece ived tent ative approv al unde r Title I Cora five week p e riod beginn ing J uly 6. The first ls a reme dial program for current grades 4-7 to :ie held al Gate way Reg-ion al :ichool. The second p art wlll Jrovlde an e nrichme nt prog-ra m ·or grades 1-3. Parent s are ' n coura ged to se nd In 1pplica tlon forms even t hough ate, to In s u re a w e ll pla nned >rogra m a nd help In plannlngran spor1at lon. Robert Cudwo rth Is a patient at -lillcrest Hospita l In Pittsfie ld. pffN·I e> I . 19,0 TheSC' bYldWS ha,·e.lun 0t'ell ,,,urn ,·u and wor.ked on b,· thL' comml1 1l'<' for two ,·l'a r s to b l' su re lh<', would s ta nd all ies l!. and the commi ttee did un o ut sta nding job. The commi t let' " ·:is :-.li!<s Marion Bartlet 1 . :-.kr1on C011 rl'II. C. Ke nneth Osgood . s e,·er1' S mith a nd the R e,. J e rome Wood. :-.1iss Bartlet t died lasl s u mme r . bur man,· of he r good id eas were used in the work. On S u nda,· our hig h sc hool a nd col lege gradua i es will b<' h onored at the church sen·i ce. Worthi n gto n Grang e m et Tues da\' eveni ng at the T own Ha ll. II was voted to gi\'e $10 10 1he Cancer Drive a nd S5 toward Gra n g-e You lh work . Th e progra m wa s in c harge of the _young people of t he Grange . T he Congrel{t\tlonut Church In \Vorthin r,ton, which will ohserv" lts 50th unnh·en arv t omorro w is shown abo,·c. Below ii lta paMor, Re,·. · J . H er bert Owen. 3 lf WOTHI NGTON , July 9.-Plan s t, Mrs. K enneth Beach is a are comple te for the 50th Ann i~ s urgical pati e nt a t Coo •' ley versary of the dedicati on of the Dic kinson Hosp ital. present church building of the T he Rev. a nd Mrs. J e romC' vVo rt hi n g t on Congreg ational Wood~ Mr . a nd Mrs. Ri c hard . Church to be beld Sunday . Smith and Mr. and Mrs. C . IGeorge A . Tuttle , field secretarRev. Ke nneth Osg-ood attende d the the Massach usetts Congreg y of ational meetin g of the Ha mps hi re jConfer ence will speak at t Associ ation of Churc h es in Ing service at 11 on thehe mornsubject S outham pton on Sunday . T hev "Steepl es In the H ills." a lso pla n to attend the s tate N athan Gottsch alk, t and c onf,ere nce to be he ld at the Mw Selma Medinkoff, violinis both Univer sity o f M assac h uset ts on ,of the P layhous e-in-thepianist, -Hills, CumJune 5 and 6. ,.. mlnrton, will play a t t he mornin g service and the church choir will sing "The Gloria" from Mozart' s T welCth Mass. Aft er a basket lunch on the lawn or the church , a p ilgr image will be ma de to the graves or t he first mlnl.,et r Rev. J ohnatha n Hun tin gton <1711-17 80) and h \5 wife, and Rev. Fredrick Sargen t Hun tington, pas tor of the church when this bulldin g was l wreaths w ill be graves by de· friends. At the e 2.30 o'clock., Walt Northa mpton w ill e or remlnle cence. cite• w ill read an wrll~n for I.he ff I •==.;....;;.;;.;..=;=~---- - v, F. S. Hu.nt- \ �16 · Doily Homp5hire Garet1t, Northompto'!, Moss., Sot,, Nov 11, 19n Birthday Today ,•. ·At Four Score Years, '-Parson' Cowles Act ive ·, r WW:Jl- -,~BY DOROTHY HOWLAND SOUTHAMPTON - With 10 more good years to his credit than the Bibllcal thrne , we ,od 1? Dr. ,,Edwa rd U Cowles I ' Pa rson, observes his 80th Orricer s of the West er n Ha mpde n Council of Churc hes lncl~de Mrs. Shirley Jackson. pces,dent: Mes. Geclrnde Judd, secreta ry; a nd Robert Anders·on. t reasure r . birthday toda y. a nd t hese a dded Under the direction of Mrs . years have served as dividends Polly Murphy, pia ni st, the for ~he be nefit or m a ny people qolde n Agers . " Par son" Cow les, conhne~ lo nursing a nd resl sing once a month on Sunda y homes m the Weslfield a rea as a fter~oons at the Valley View well as to his wide circl e or Nursing home. the Home for the friends. Blind , and t he Ba rnard Rest Serving as pa rt-time visiti ng home . pastor . this reti red mini ster has Dr. Cowles re ports that the ma?e fr_1cnds with about 265 l~rge number of Bibles given to palle n~ m three nurs ing homes. him by the defunct Pioneer Mountain View Nurs ing home in Va \l~y Council of Week-Dav Montgomcr v a nd Valley Vie w religious Education led by Mis·s a nd Westfield. Nurs ing homes. Dorothr Swain, have been ·dee ply both m Westfi eld . a nd with the a ppreciated by t he folks in t he reside nts of the Ba rna rd Rest homes where he visits . ~ome a nd the Home for the Blind Among those who have m Westf_i~ld a~sisted " P ar son" a re the Be ll His v1s1ts include folks of a ll Rmgers ?f the Southa mpton f~1th~ and the leaflets he Congr~~at1ona l Church. directed d1str1bules include mate rial for Mirtam Howla nd, a nd t he members o( the Ca tholic Jewish czema Quartet " from the a~d Protestant faiths al~n with church. The q_ua r tet was so his partic ula r bra nd of coll~ cted ~amed because tl was ''lia ble to humorous a necdotes. reak ~ut 11t a ny ti me. " In addition to distributing two H The 'Pa rson's" duties at the le~fl ets each month to his om.e fo r t he Blind include fri ends m the homes he h reading to the residents, and his given out nearlv 300 :. Bed .~s recom menda tion for t he best 1 prayer cards" a·nd man,• co~ie: m~ h ~ of exercising socia l of Robert Burdette·s: " Two ac 10.~ is to " do it in a personal Golden Days ." way . .. The le~f\ets are composed by WThe _ Fr iendly Visitors of Parson Cowles a nd rinted e~t(1eld are pla nning to hold a volunta rily by Mrs. b onald tra imng class session for those Newton of Russellville Road who a re now members a nd for Included a re poems and a rticle~ ?~h~rs wh? may be interested in of genera l interest contributed k1mng this " labor of Jove," as by members of his nursing home Irs . Esth_e r Coye calls it. These congregation. c asses will be led bv Cha pla in Salary "Nominal" ~obert Holcomb of Western Beca use Dr. Cowles· salar as~achus~tts Hospita l a nd under the sponsorship of th~ sessions will be held from 3 to West ern Ha mpden Council of Churc hes is nomi nal. a nd due to th: -expenses of_ma ny materia ls w _1c h he dis tributes the Friendly V1s1lors of W~stfield a nd the Russe ll Communit Church have surprised him with generous checks during th present year e The Friendly V1s1tors ts a volun~eer organiza tion of about 25 r esidents o_f the Westfi eld area who work with Parson Cowles. The group was formed 10 . ago a nd "adopted" t he ~la m pden Council of Churches as spo~sors. Mrs . Esther Co cha irman of the Visit ye is Mr s M "d ors, · a i a Bartle t t and is t rPllSUrCr . -it • ,~ ··. ' . ·• ! ~k w/s~!;~ DR. EDWARD U. COWLES 4:30 p .m . on Nov. 12 a nd 19 at the Methodist Churc h in Westfield. Was lnterim Minister Dr . Cowles was i nte r im minister o( F irst Congregati ona l Churc h a fe w years ago for 14 months a nd e ntered actively into the life of t he c hurc h in a ll its dimensions . He is a mem ber of t he churc h a nd a fa ithful member of t he senior c hoir. His active pastora tes excluded six years in Spe ncer, more t ha n 28 year s a t the F irst Church in WesUield from September of 1929 through Decembe r of 1957, six years in Worthingto n, two years as assistant minister of the E astha m pton Congr ega tiona l Churc h, a nd fiv e vears in his present position. Dr . Cowles a nd his Ala ba ma -born wife. the former Nina Lvma n, moved from 'Eastha m pton in 1971 to their Southwick Road address in Westfield, but the keep in touch with friends in Sout ha mpton through the chur5 h. " Par son" Cowles' work in the nursing homes br ings him into contact with pa tie nts who have no relatives a nd few friends . " There are ma ny loh e ly people in institutions ." he said, " who have need of a nd apprecia tion for vis its from fri ends who car e about them .·· This need is one he is happy to fulfill , a nd his birthday comes at a time whe n he is actively e ngaged in this worthwhile work . �Hilltown church calls pastors ¼'f/79 By LUCU.: MOLLISON WORTHINGTON - The Revs Robert a nd Mary Ellen Kitchen. a husband a nd wife team. of Northa mpton. were call ed last night to serv e as pastors of t he F irs t Congregationa l Churc h he re Mrs. Kitchen will serve as pastor and he r husband as copastor. They ~re res idents of Northamp ton and are now hous~hunting in the Worthington area . They wi ll also lead services ~t the Chester United Church a nd the Peru Congregational Churc h. Mrs . ~itche n is a native of Northa m pton. r eceived a bachelor s degree_from the Unive rsi ty of Massachusetts in 197~ a~d was ordatned tn 1974. She is especially interested in Chris tian educa tion. Mr. Kitche n received a bachelor's degree from Springfield College m 1970 and was orda ined in 1971. He is a member of the department of re li,::ion a t Springfield College. Both Mr and . ~rs . Kitc hen rec_e1ved the ir theologica l training at the Pac1f1 c School of Re hgwn in Berkeley, Cali f. Other business taken up at la st nighl's a nnual meeting was ~pproval of the budget for the coming vea r of SJS.148. This m<;rea ses the minister's salary by $500 to $5,800 . It also raises the amount for music . the organist and the choir director to $1 ,800. The nominating committee offered the followrng slate of officers which were voted into office · moderator. Walter THE WORTHINGTON Congregatl~n•I Church called the Reva. Markert; clerk. Madeline Smith; treasurer. J ohn Payne : Mary Ellen and Robert Kitchen, •• paatora at IHI night'• annual benevolence treasur~r. Doris Smith : deacons. Ralph Smith mNtlng. The couple will alao Ind Mrvlcea at the ChHter and Gary Chamberlin ; deaconesses. Judy Speiss a nd Jane -United.Church and th• Peru Congregational Church. (Photo by Bar~le_tt : truste~s. George Bartlett and Douglas Small ; Chris tian education commi ttee. Judy Fisk . Chri stian enhstDavid Dimock) n:ient com m1t~ee. Brenda Mason and Susan Beach : missionary conµrntt ee. Doris Smith : music. Gary Chamberlin nominating: Bert Nugent. Eldeen Nugent and Susan Beach i conference delegates, Mr. and Mrs. J ohn Payne; association delegates, Harriet Osgood and June Dodge. ev. Kitchen appointed 1 ~!.:.~~:. .~~~!~!.l!!t!~,red ~RE~E f Northampton has been named the inister of the Florence Congregational hurch. Mr. Kitchen will preach his first sermon t the church Sunday at 10:30 a .m . , For 10 months last year, Mr. Kitchen e rved as the interim minister at the illiamsburg Congregationa l Church. rom 1976 Wllil 1979, he taught religion ourses at Springfield College in Spring1eld. The new minister also has assisted his ife, Rev . Mary-Ellen Kitchen, with her ulies a s the pastor of- the Worthington nd Peru Congregational churches. Before coming to this area, Mr. Kitchen as an associate pastor of a Methodist jhurch in Baltimore. He also served as the -pastor of four small Methodist churches in western Maryland. -Mr. IGtchen, a graduate of Sfringfield College, received a master o divinity degree in 1973 from the Paci.fie School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. He also earned a master's degree in Semitic languages from Catholic University. Mr. Kitchen will preach at "Seoul Sunday," a service of recognition for all of by the Florence churc~. . . . . The pastor and his wife will hve m the church's parsonage on Pine Street. World DaY of Prayer 'Next Friday, women from 150 countries will celebrate the "World Day or Prayer." The St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 163 Main St., Haydenville. will host this YeJlr's service. 1.Sr:...E11een·w1~,.S.S.J., of the Cent.er for Reflective Action at Mont Marie in Holyoke will be the guest speaker. The theme w'm be "The Earth is the Lord 's.... " will offer an opportunity to focus concern and prayer on the need for ecological awareiJC4s a~ a1;,tion. · - • •.-.• :: . :;.: This year~•·· lnternafional service was written by AmeMcan indian women of the Church Women United organization. They represent six tribes - Cherokee, Chocktow, Hopi, Seneca, Sioux and WiMebago. They brought to the task a sensitivity lo nature, the earth and its creatures and the spiritual heritage of American indlans. �111 \ �~o£ thin gton WOR 'nl~, CONGREGATIO NAL CHURCH (U.C.C. ) - R ev . Da vid P ower s Inter i m Pasror w lJJ b e In cha r g e of the> 11 a .m . servi ce>. Child car e Is prO\"lded . Al lhe close of t he servi ce the r e will be a m eeting of , mem bc>rs to hea r a nd ac t on the reporr of t he Pastor a l Supp ly Com ml rree. At 6: 30 p .m . rh e I Senior High P ilgrim F ellows hip will mee r a I the home ot R ev. a nd Mrs . .Jerom e H. Wood . I I '/I .1 John Payne scholarships awa !fl'$ ~ WORT HINGT ON- The ·c o llege; Trac y Higg ins , Childbirth Education Program; awarded June 22. Those receiving Lisa Broderick, Westfield State the scholarships and the schools College; Shari Fisk, Bay Path; they plan to attend are Ann Brad Fisk, AJC; Judy Mason, Sharron , UMass; Cathy Sharron , AIC; Ruth Wood, Culinary Berkshire Community College; Institute of America; Nancy David Harvey , VMass; Sally Weyma n, Berkshire Commu nity Knapp, North Adams State College; Missy Dragon , AIC; and Jennifer Reagan , Bridgewa ter ~,,.,,. John Payne scholarships were �I I i1 1llll lll lll lll lll 1, ~ • I I ! . 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' , $ f,· I ii ��~.ii. . t.. :~ . , I' t.~ ,·. ~ 4'< . t •~ ~ ~':. ~. ~ ' -.. ,. ..,r ,,. • I • l • 1 •• i I ' J:.:\'lf· ~ j --~ , I • j •J 1 I l �ill '' ' I J I ' } •w r- \' i / , . •'i I • ~ ( t' _.. . 7 '- ~ I I j • ' \ /(J ,I 2- \ I ,· ~~ •'. ,~ ' I ✓ ·_v:.... ~ ,. ,,;. ., • .,,. 4 ., l .. �f �Sociei Fire Kindles Great Flame in Lyndonville Church 1 • ber o( !amities ts .... ' * One h, cd a communion service, bap- ~ dred aod tweet , o~w lismal bowl and three altar vas. more t~ come 1~·• tx ~1 th d avs " The Ch h I very r litany years ■ go the Rev. Per- es. Rev. Campbell has been ' r ln B. Fisk wrote • discourse banded innumerable donations for_ the dedic~~~n was ~_ro~·t :, • buildnew the (or earmarked First wt11ch several m, scr11ce for the d~dlcation of lb_e woa stranger a ven E ing. Lynm Church nal part, with mus rn1sters tc Cong_regat,o donville. In re!errlng to !he man from Rhode Island who ~ir. l lack's ch<tlc 1;(015 hed church the ev F 1 good feeling when lhe church s topped to visit pointed out lhai' ~ Lyndonthrough passing when b~ilding was finished and ,the hod .Joined the chur::tt"'~ pco1 \ sent Cire, the of hearing viUe, since I mlo move 41. lo 1 orlg1n, F isk family soon a parsonag~, he prayed th ■ ! $100 toward rebuildlng because The first service I lb ~ cllurcb had air nd e n lbe pros~r,ty would have the she bad been impressed w Ith /. place on Oct. m an~a i.ev lak best effect upon the Congrega - the tradilioul while church. !r music the fire, !be Since are "We , id sa He lional people . had chosen for bis !ext ../ ~ -~ new purchased bas committee others, _ s a danger undation can 00 ma j U fo same ' in the , that a llllle fire may kindle a hymnals and the junior I n d that which is Jesus c~ .•r,/h , ~ _ maroon new have Uc knowing that al;s0 ·1 . gr eat Oame, and all our joy be senior choirs f~rgotten in sorrow and shame." robes with white eolian. The years later, another pay. are members choir junior Aug. on Oames Literal would have to he creeled c ~ ,.Ii. ust 27, 1967 destroyed t h e Ing for their own with food sales ~ same foundation which se:~ s ~ have the sa me permanence /" ] church edWce which !hose peo- and other money raising aclivilies. alpie worked so bard to build ltt~ foundation of Christi 1 , It ls Interesting to note ~bat m ost 100 years ago. faith . I , . While a fire is a destructive some of the early services A model of the proposed bt force to material things, it can- were h1ld In the Lyndonville ding ~Y Arc_hltect Ralph A. Bi r ,n ? . Burlington, may be se not destroy the church society school house, although not the • ~ In th_e store window of Paul or its Immortal spirit, faith and same building where they oc:,, a house, school The now. cur serve can ire F . d etermination Aub1n, also a drni.ng ol t .a,· i,;:"':J" • to revitalue a group of people wooden one, was built in 1868 proposed sanctuary whk b is have 1 vaulted Gothic ceilir and bring !hem closer together and later replaced with the Plans call for a choir balco In an effort to overeome the brick structure now used. After results of a common tragedy. the Mathe wson Block (the Devand organ al the rear of t Members of this burned house ereaux block) was completed sanctuary There are plans f . ~ ,. ; '. • '\ a 1 of worship began meeting right services took place there In a choir room and church of ces. The basement will be 1 away to set up a buildin; fund third floor ball. 11n In Dedication of construction on decide and ' finished and will contain t b •· ,_ .i,..;.:..r,t;. ~ cl!! In his dedication paper of dining room, kitchen, a new church. ;. Aller many meetings and con- 1872, Rev. Fisk mentioned that rooms and fu rnace room. -.:_ • ~ June in Lyndonville saw first he deaultalions it was definitely As a memenlo ol the fir ... • ~•· ' ... • • · - Jll,t'.., cided lo erect a traditlonal 1867. He was on bis way to - - ei building, !he bell which weigl - ~ --.~.--•;.,._, ~ •iiii.a~1.1111::0.i?il 1000 pounds, and dal, white New England church. East Burke lo the County Conabout this r lace is in the p la nning stages to ~ Congregati onal Lyndonville T he Tb~ new one will be built on Ute ference of Churches. He said be 1871, may be set up on U ,). . ~ v structure. fire by d oye estr d was (above) Church !he "from same foundation which remains saw the new village church lawn in some type of di '/{,[~4 en Aug. 27, 1967, and a n ew building play case. The bell became er ti.rm and true, perhaps indi- Lyndon Centre side as onthere the when the burning slc eating !hat " The· Church's one was no road to Burke eked bav$2,026.5, the subscriptions exercises evening that and ed they if village this of ents d foundation is Jesus Christ her other side (of ltte Passumpsic ing reached a total of $6,340.72. pie was pulled down, but choir included which held were conveyance of sort some bad two return bis impractical to purcba, Lord" and that the "founda. River) then." On Corner , others music, a sermon by Rev. J . Rev. Fisk describes Lyndon• seems bell wh~~ a public a, lion" may be " her ch.arter of days later, however , be was a• went lo Lyndon Church 11 Torrey, propounding of conies- ville whee the dedication of the aoolhersystem gmng. forth m, Baptist the to went (near bridge the cross to ble faith, one Lord, one ess r ulvaUon, of Baptism, as- church took place on Oct. 25, d_ lhe now numbered juncton of Lyndon Center. Occasionally sion, ordinance one birth." ordination 1872: " . . .we behold now a sic on Sunday ff!Orntngs woul Rt.S and 114). He said men Rev. Wells from the Corner sealing to convenanl,address by colle~lion of seventy : sev~n be of greater enJoymcnt. A r, Few ArtlcfH Saved of drncons, and an Lyndonin services conducted and plowing were teams ox and saved Some of the articles houses, . DIDe ID cordi g ~f ,; i hurcs be~ ~hul dwelling Rev. L. 0. Braslow. aflcmoOns. er estrc , bf from the devastated building scraping the street from t be ville on Sunday During these limes the Ver- process of conslruclton, making ~e P a be Permanent Pastor ede~~: were !be pulpit Bibfe, the bap- bridge to a point opposite the ave een I forty-fou~ conta)ning elg11ty-six, !he of tr;ck kept Union moot Drew . F S. Rev. Early in 1870 0 ~ how muclt !he, Usmal font, also the g o_l d Round House ( al lhe _R ailroad a sermon in doings of the new r eligious so- extra tenements, and ltte num ~=tl~nsbytiuin crosses and candlesticks which Shops ). The lots on Marn Street of Cabot preached enjoyed !he Sunday morning 01 ,-.---,-, --- - ,that noted paper The ciety. the found He . Hall Mathewson with or Christmas music which com• grace_ lhe altar each Sun~ay "'.ere mosUy vacant, re-..weLC-JllADlt_tonvcrsio~s. of Congregallonali th tceple of the FI rs 1 m onung at the Lyndonville piles of lumber or cell~n part.- elements and urged "Jeveral have broken t be Ir I l Cbureb in LyoGraded Schoo\ _auditorium. A ly completed. Rev. F isk who were very strong c':~reg~Jona "Proeport!d, r was it pipes," secure lo taken be steps that at P~,acham, d Danville loaned the was then put~r wife, cturcb in fan eness was common in the v,1. H t wonI is h lo 1 arked rem music and I donvlUe. ectern, a an lar a e as~ l• ge Is now rare," " The ~astor . Is provided . by . Conn electric der what denominatio n will be a permanen 1 st toC stgrar tga Church bas been zealously enoraan, a gilt. However, t b e enterprising enough to take up ~ rg~day ~e~oJ' e on e • gaged in building a house of · c lones were great - some of work In this village soon?" She un Sunday Sch? 01 at reach- worship." Not all went so well them ln~ude hrmnals, Junior r eplied, ' ' Why don't you do It ?" tional them ~etr 01 ~ ltbrar~ however. Not long after the and selllOI' choir robes. t h e Then they Jokingly selected a am gave nd mcrease church was dedicated , a te mpipe organ, furniture, l urn!Jh, alte which turned out to be not ~tte ance rapidly A]s~ perance meeting was held ln ~eks. succeedln_g the LD was church the where from far . v Re records. loga and many a good subscription was raise the vestry and Ute paper reClyde Campbell said that when built In 1872. support regular services ported that "the attendance was he and hiJ secretary, P.atr!cla Sometime later be came lo lo mainly by poor " Amidon, were aalvaging what Lyndon Corner on an exchange which w~re held ministers,- N t It 'was Cirst thought that the they could from the . oUice, one wilb Rev. Wells and that even. Congregation a! the ladies or- CongregaUonal Society would of the papers wb1cb th o y iug be -attended services in Lyn. loog arter Ibis build In about Cive years, but Circle. Wfl!Dg out wu the insurance donville - "The school-room ganlzed the Sewing for the elder. waa crowded," he uld. It was In August 1870 the Rev. Fisk It was a hardship policy Inventor y. pastor. ly and Infirm to climb to the ReY. Robert Mayhew, a form, proposed that a meeting should became the permonent rcslgna- third floor Mathewson Hall. Dehis er llpastor here, ol!ered some be held soon with a minister Wheo he tendered airing a noor "nearer the earth' saying they from the Conference to or gan- lion from !tie church a t Peacheo Jdclion /~tea the chal- and with the situation timeaccept I Y need them. He i~e a permanent aoclety. He am so he could pro wo re- ly It was suggested from the also eave ~ome books f~r Sun, filled the appointment himseU lenge at Lyndonville , his 1871 that people and tbu, bls first sermon to quest was denied. He asked1~or pulpit early In m~ fir~bili · pay small Installments for a thtbe,e pheople wu preached In a Council which decided to olie Chu he led - as much as building • church he should go to the new P e sc ool houae. re vo c for instance, thThe Conference aereed lo let !age. An elderly minister I~ Sr they might _pay ~ T1i°~exlto nal peopl3 to perhaps 25 cen ts who repo C< • for tobacco er was ma c o ~ . Ctr pastors go a Sunday a. J ohnsbury Center u . family h f k for the new vii. gilt of a spinet piano for th, 1p1ece lo Lyndonville and hold ly had 00 Jove Fisk that he a wee L; ;m new church. Other guts rnclua- ' "vices. Previously some real- lage told Rev. 4 garded a di1mlssal from b~ • The building committee, afte r cham os equivalent to " ~gI much Jnvestlgntlon , reported s_llenced from the mlnlsll'Yi,rln that If the Rallrood Company g would donate a Jot a nd transfirst Rev. Fisk could not 00 his family for there waslh port lumber and materials free the Gothic style of charge ey D place !or them, but later! settled in the ell part1 °sire:i ctiurch chdsen eould be built for Copeland's hous e on Ma n Ovid about $7 soo If the people would until a parsonage wub ~trect· r aise $5 'ooo before conslructon · was beg~n. This goal was rcaed for them on Cburc ched In J uly 1871, a site was Form Cl-lurch The Congregational soclely chosen on a convenient cor 1 bad orga nized on Marcb 1.5, 8- ner lot of a new street, an 70 ai,d the following Decejber ground was broken to begin bull 41 Joined ln covenant to or'!l ~log, The foundation wos ptl tn August 11, 1871. The corner the Church. When the Co~c,1 18 convened on Dec. 6, 1870 wen. stone laid in September w i In ere proper ceremonle1. The comp~. area churches teen ed, led church lncludlg prc~cnlc represented. n,e rules, ~•Op l- cost $8,367.67 leaving a debt 11 was report a nd covenant ly HARRIET FISHER I I~ I ;, -i•jj-1l 1 h .L r j l ,a°ft~r:u ° :Y Ji' s't11;u ,:oo :Ci· J/ ;-e· ";e- c::er11- . � https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/a4f548cce2c02c790ca1e249bc45c24d.tif 8f52ebcd8c979b3411ebe506c11043cd https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/f2874153b7b209e4fda2fad2fa232bb4.tif 9f7c6550aa649f7e5ef5055e2c9b505e 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 30.5 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 Newspaper clippings and photographs of First Congregational Church activities. Also includes clippings from Cummington Church and Chesterfield Church. 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Lois Ashe Brown Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Congregational Church Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource Churches Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959/1993 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 - Worthington Center Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 2021-12-05 congregational church 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. 22.9 x 27.9 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 This scrapbook is a dark green leather-covered photo album with removable sheets that contain black and white photo snapshots of foundations and fireplace chimneys and surrounds built by Harry Bates (1885-1971) in homes in Worthington and Cummington. There is also one page dedicated to the Bates' 25th wedding anniversary. Some photos show individuals but most are of house exteriors and interiors. Names include Louis Hyde, James W. (Bill) Kirkham, Daniel Porter, Langworthy, Ted Porter, John Ames, Janice Porter, Wells cottage, Huber's, Bailey, Heldt, Kraushaar, B. Warren, Vaughn, Joseph Sena, Taliaferra, R Moran, Dr Huzzar, Green Haven, Judge Brewster, Olilve Neil, Arthur Pomeroy, Dot Nelson, Edw Mercer, Harold Clark, Blueberry Acres, Sugar Maple Kennel, Dawes Homestead, Ray Magargal, Parsons Camp (R Moran), Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 22.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm (9 x 11 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR 43 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 16 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. Florence Bates Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Harry Bates Memorabilia Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource People Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s through 1950s Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Worthington - other unspecified Mediator An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver. db edited item 2024-01-14 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). 1970s Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Book has green cover with 'Scrap Book' embossed in bold gold letters. 'From Miss Edna Witt, formerly of Witt Road, Worthington 1968' Book contains newspaper clippings. Contains numerous obituaries of the 1920's and 1930's, as well as article on Knightville Dam construction. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm (12 x 15 x 2 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR44 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. Edna Witt Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Edna Witt 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 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900/1966 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1915, 1938, 1939, 1959 Description An account of the resource Album belong to Katherine McDowell Rice and the Rice family. Black cloth cover, contains black and white photographs of people important to the Rice family. Subjects of photos need identification. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 26 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm (10.2 x 12 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR49 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 36e 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. Worthington Library Rice Room, received August 24, 2006 Title A name given to the resource Photo Album: Rice family, early 20th century Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Paper 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource Fragment of the bell from the Second meeting house, which burned on April 2, 1887. See U5. This was kept originally in the Capen/Riverside schoolhouse. Make copy of record for Doug Small Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 10.2 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm (4 x 3 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SH1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 24g 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. Katharine McDowell Rice Title A name given to the resource Church - Fragment, Second Meeting House Bell Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1887 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). October 2006 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource This cross section of a white pine tree which describes growth rings from 1899 to1994 when the tree was felled by Oliver Wiley on his property on Partridge Road (extension of Old Post Road ending on Ireland Street in Chesterfield). This cross section has the bark in tact and indications of the dates of the growth of the tree. It was crafted and donated by Oliver Wiley. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8.9 x 48.3 x 4.4 cm (3.5 x 19 x 1.8 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SH2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. On Display 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. Oliver Wiley Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous - Cross Section of White Pine Tree Describing Growth Rings Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899/1994 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). 2004 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource Commr's Samuel Cole, Willard Jones, George T Dodge'. In early 20th century the same people filled the offices of Board of Selectmen, Board of Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. These three people filled these positions in the years 1901, 1902, 1903. Heavy rusted metal engraved. Right upper piece of larger plaque. Identify Fran Granger and Elodi McBride and Harold Brown. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 33 x 14 cm (13 x 5.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SH3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement Shelves Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous - Sign Fragment Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900/1933 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource This was from the old Brewster store at the Worthington Center. The building could have been the old Burr schoolhouse. (Identify Ted Claydon). On display in the main room of the Historical Society building as of 10/14/2006. Ted Claydon and Paul Tompkins brought it from Ted Claydon's barn where it had been stored. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. On Display 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. Archer Fitzgerald Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Grain Scale Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1766/1799 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource Originally owned by Franklin Burr. This item was used to beat the grain out of husks. Crude wood handle and beater; the parts are held together with leather. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 60.3 x 4.4 cm (23.8 x 1.8 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T10 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement 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. Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Flail Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1766/1799 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource Originally owned by Franklin Burr. This tool is used to cut small brush; it has a wooden handle, which appears to have been painted green, and a metal knife. Currently on display in main room in display case. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 14.6 x 14.6 x 44.1 cm (5.8 x 5.8 x 17.4 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T11 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement 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. Ted Claydon; Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Brush Hook Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866/1899 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource This tool was used to stretch barbed wire at the Burr Farm probably during the late 1800s. It is wooden with metal pivots and end caps. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5.1 x 7 x 58.4 cm (2 x 2.8 x 23 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement 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. Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Fence Stretcher Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866/1899 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource This is currently on display in the main room. The yoke was used to carry sap to the sugar house in gathering buckets which hung from the chains. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 7.3 x 97.2 x 13.3 cm (2.9 x 38.2 x 5.2 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T13 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. On Display 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. Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Neck Yoke for Carrying Sap Buckets Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866/1899 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource When corn was harvested, this knife severed the stalk; it has a wood handle. The knife is metal and rusted. Currently on display in main room in display case. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 2.5 x 50.8 cm (1 x 20 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T14 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement 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. Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Corn Knife Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866/1899 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. 2007-03-24 Description An account of the resource This tool has a wood handle; the spud is iron. It was used to peel bark from hemlocks in the tanning industry. Currently on display in main room in display case. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 60.3 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm (23.8 x 2 x 1.8 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T15 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Basement 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. Archer Fitzgerald (from Burr barn) Title A name given to the resource Farm Implement - Bark Spud Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866/1899 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). November 17, 1996 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-23 Description An account of the resource Measurements and drawings of these tools are shown on the accompanying paper. 15 items outside of tagged pink satin bag. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context T16 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 37 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. Archer Fitzgerald Title A name given to the resource Household Implement - Piano Tuning Tools Type The nature or genre of the resource Artifacts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900/1933